Kevin Kwan Quotes
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I write in a small office at home.
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If they understand, which I believe they really are sensing, that the alternative the Republicans have been offering is to repeal what we've done, to go back to Bush policies - and if you asked the public what would you prefer, Bush economic policies or Obama economic policies, they take and prefer Obama economic policies.
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
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Everybody in the Middle East wants to explain why they're right.
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I have always noticed that a man who gives the most for the money, gets the most business.
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I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
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A lot of people will call me nuts or crazy, but I've always been pretty stable. By some people's standards, I might be crazy. But I realize that I'm not going to harm anyone, and the only place that I live is within my own universe, really - so it's O.K.
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For someone who comes from my business background, getting fashion people aligned around certain things can be a challenge. In a way, the industry is so forward-looking. And yet, sometimes people in fashion are not open to change.
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I had a wonderful mother who wanted my sister and me to have everything, even though money was a very prominent thing we didn't have. But we had a very happy childhood - pretty much ideal, in fact.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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I'm always keeping an eye out for a period piece. I was trained in theatre, so most of the things we did were classical - Shakespeare, Moliere, and Chekhov.
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Back in those days intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
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The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.
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What is so refreshing playing with Neil Finn and all his friends is these people think exactly the same - regular people doing their thing and separating the music from the business.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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I feel like there's so much darkness in all of my books.
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My new movie, Fools Rush In, is a romantic comedy and the girl I play in that is very warm, very sweet.
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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.
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The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.
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As far as the lack of hits goes, I think perhaps it's because I've played a lot of different roles and have not created a persona that the public can latch on to. I have played everything from psychopathic killers to romantic leading men, and in picking such diverse roles I have avoided typecasting.
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Christmas is a time of year that's so romantic.
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I have written a considerable amount - both fiction and nonfiction - about the Caribbean. My love for this part of the world is centered on a deep admiration for its people - a people who are both tough and romantic, dreamers and cynics, people who face a thousand defeats and are never defeated.
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So obviously, any religion embodies some form of rules and expectations for behavior, and even sometimes consequences, and they don't want to hear any of that.
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I love romantic comedies more than anything.
