Every culture to me - be it Asian, African, be it whatever - is a source of reference. I don't think I'm… — Guido Palau Copy Share Image
Growing up, my favorite movies were 'Forrest Gump,' 'Shawshank Redemption,' 'Gladiator' - none of them really had Asian leading men. — Ross Butler Copy Share Image
I'm so sick of people misunderstanding Asians in America and what we're about. — Eddie Huang Copy Share Image
Like, in Asian culture, you have to be down with the family. You have to be down with all the crazy traditional… — Jeannie Mai Copy Share Image
Everyone looks me and says, 'I'm not going to let that Asian kid embarrass me. I'm going to go at him.' That's… — Jeremy Lin Copy Share Image
I feel like there's this need that the Asian-American community has to feel like people. It's something that Asians in Asia do… — John Cho Copy Share Image
I've just seen it all - I've seen the bird flu, I've seen the Asian economic meltdown, SARS, 9/11, economic cycles. — Alan Mulally Copy Share Image
Asian parents generally tend to channel their children, especially their daughters, into studying and not sport. — Isa Guha Copy Share Image
Asia is the continent rhythm forgot. At best Asian music is off-brand American pop, like Sonny Bono in a karaoke bar. At… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I'm Asian-American, and I was the only Chinese girl growing up in a white school in San Diego. So I understood what… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
You're gonna check my computer records? Is that important? I don't think the government needs to know how I feel about teen… — Greg Giraldo Copy Share Image
I listen to a lot of alternative types of music: I listen to a lot of Chinese music, I listen to a… — Timbaland Copy Share Image
Very few, if any, first-generation black or white or Asian kids will pursue a Ph.D. They'll pursue the professions for economic security.… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
I'm very Asian, and also my mom raised me to be polite and to eat whatever is put in front of me.… — Mirai Nagasu Copy Share Image
The direct investment of Japanese businesses to East Asian economies accelerates the reallocation of their production bases. Consequently, between Japan and the… — Toshihiko Fukui Copy Share Image
Asian players have more in common with the Bundesliga than with Italian or Spanish leagues because they are wedded to the team… — Lothar Matthaus Copy Share Image
Stuart Hall was an utterly unique figure. Although he arrived at the age of 19 from Jamaica and spent the rest of… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
I write my books to challenge my own feelings and theories. Perhaps most surprising was what I learned about rice farming. It… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Is there deeply embedded change within our industry? And I would say, as a black filmmaker, it's easy for me to focus… — Ava DuVernay Copy Share Image
Focusing on being a person instead of an Asian or an [anything] seems to promote a worldview that encourages people to treat… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
I just said let's get some poets on tv. And when they said that sounded unlikely, I made it worse. I said,… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
The difference between working on Asian and American films is in the producer and director; everyone has their own style. But, Hollywood… — Hiroyuki Sanada Copy Share Image
With Asian-Americans actors, specifically, there's been fewer opportunities for them in TV and film and fewer that have the ability to actually… — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
You can't be afraid to speak the truth. If you're speaking truthfully - no matter if you're White, Black, Hispanic, Asian -… — Warren Ballentine Copy Share Image
In Hollywood, there's not a ton of roles for Asian people. So a lot of it is waiting and waiting and waiting. — Hong Chau Copy Share Image
Asian-Americans are still regarded as 'other' by many of their fellow-citizens. — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
Some people just yell 'Asian BuzzFeed guy!' and I turn around and distinctly yell back 'Eugene!' — Eugene Lee Yang Copy Share Image
“I am an Asian goddess! I love myself and show others they can love themselves as well.” — The Thoughtful Beast Copy Share Image
The only thing that was sort of Asian [as a role model] was Hello Kitty. I don't want to model myself after… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
For sure, it's important for an Asian man to win a grand slam. I hope I'm the one to make it. — Kei Nishikori Copy Share Image
No matter how amazing you are at something, there will always be an 8 year old Asian who is better... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Anyone can relate to struggle, whether you're European or Asian. Anyone can relate to having to get up and go to work… — Yelawolf Copy Share Image
One of the ways [racism] pops up is when they turn a comic into a live-action movie and there's this temptation to… — Gene Luen Yang Copy Share Image
Do not tell me what I can and cannot do. I'll be as asian as I want to (Stretches his eyes in… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
As a boy, I found myself drawn to Arthurian legends, and then to Celtic mythology, and then further east into the mysticism… — Mark Frost Copy Share Image
You can't ignore the Asian and Hispanic populations in L.A. We can let audiences know independent film is not just about white… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
I'm an Asian with a Southern accent. To a lot of people, that right there is funny. — Henry Cho Copy Share Image
I go to castings and see several black and Asian girls, then I get to the show and look around there's just… — Jourdan Dunn Copy Share Image
When I first came out to L.A., Hollywoods idea of a Latina was Mexican. It was almost like they had never seen… — Lauren Velez Copy Share Image
They call upon us to supply American boys to do the job that Asian boys should do. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
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