Kelvin Yu Quotes
When my dad came here, he came on a scholarship in the late '60s, and he went to Mississippi State. My dad is not a large man. So there's a little Taiwanese guy walking around Mississippi in, like, 1966, and I cannot imagine what that must have been like.
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I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.
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Some struggle is healthy. If you can embrace it rather than be angry, you can use it as your pilot light.
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Art is art, and journalism is journalism.
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Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.
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Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
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If things don't go fantastically, you just have to deal with it.
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My own eyes are no more than scouts on a preliminary search, for the camera's eye may entirely change my idea.
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Many, however, gives themselves to God, but preserve still in their hearts some attachment to creatures, which prevents them from belonging entirely to God.
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When I was in my twenties and broke, I'd buy books before food. A meal will sustain you for a few hours, a good book will sustain you for life.
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An overzealous parent is just one example of the kind of Problem Mom or Dad who pops up at track meets, threatening to put a damper on the day.
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When my dad came here, he came on a scholarship in the late '60s, and he went to Mississippi State. My dad is not a large man. So there's a little Taiwanese guy walking around Mississippi in, like, 1966, and I cannot imagine what that must have been like.
