Ken Leung Quotes
I have an awareness of a spiritual realm, and I see signs that I feel speak to me - I don't know if that falls into superstition.
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A constant stream of 'free' money is a perfect way to keep an inefficient or simply bad government in power. As aid flows in, there is nothing more for the government to do - it doesn't need to raise taxes, and as long as it pays the army, it doesn't have to take account of its disgruntled citizens.
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'Henry V' is a great deal more than almost any other hell-bent-for-armor movie that you've seen.
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Come on... when you're running, if you see you're going to win, you're going to celebrate.
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
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I think 'Caprica' is a little out of left field, which is kind of what I love about it. It's a little different. The first couple of episodes are really about wrapping your head around this world. I love 'Grey's Anatomy,' but I think it's the same kind of concept: You just get lost in this world, and you believe what they're setting up.
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I applaud anyone who wants to take on the load that comes with being President of the United States. You really have to love your country to place yourself in that position.
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The thing that can get kind of annoying is, when you travel so much, how hectic it gets. I was being interviewed once - it was a phone interview - and they said, 'Where are you right now?' and I didn't know where I was.
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I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
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I've done movies I'm very proud of, but there's always a sense of: 'Come see this shiny new car!' The question I hate the most is: 'Why should people see it?'
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I don't know if they were all functioning, but I did play in a bunch of bands.
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The militia had the same equipment as the military to protect them against the tyrannical government. It's more important today than ever that we uphold our Second Amendment.
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I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it.
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We know what we are supposed to do and we don't want to do it, so we do the exact opposite anyway. And, it never goes well for us when we do that.
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I think all our characters are an amalgam of people we know in our world and ourselves.
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I wouldn't write about people who are living and who are close to me, because I think it's a very violent thing to do to another person. And anytime I have done it, even in the disguise of fiction, the results have been horrific.
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Canadians can get Parliament working again. Here's how to do that: elect more New Democrats.
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When I came back from filming the 'Chandelier' video, everyone was like, 'So what'd you wear? What did the room look like? How many chandeliers were there?' And I was like, 'Well, I wore a blond wig, a nude leotard, the room was dirty, and there was no chandelier.'
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I've taken clowns into the war in Bosnia, the refugee camps of Kosovo, and none of those are any more important than clowning in a subway or an elevator or just walking down the street.
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I find it amoral if you're making a movie where the problem is solved with a guy standing in the back of pickup truck firing a machine at the bad guys. The morality of it is questionable because the repercussions of violence are incredibly far-reaching.
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Although I loved Liza as a little girl, it would be true to say I really didn't know her.
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There's no greater source of happiness than giving yourself to other people.
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The worst beauty advice that I have ever taken has been from people who have told me that sunscreen isn't necessary. Not true!
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I have an awareness of a spiritual realm, and I see signs that I feel speak to me - I don't know if that falls into superstition.
