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> [When you grow up poor, you have to either work really hard to try and get where you want to be, or you'll just stay put.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dat-phan/when-you-grow-up-poor-you-have-to-either-work-really-hard-to-try-and/)

[Dat Phan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dat-phan/)

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## More by Dat Phan

> [Money comes and goes. I'm thankful I have money. I'm trying to save up more. I would like more money. But it's not happiness.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dat-phan/money-comes-and-goes-i-m-thankful-i-have-money-i-m-trying-to-save-up/)

[Dat Phan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dat-phan/)

> [I was doing gigs to stay alive. I worked two or three jobs at a time, there were times when I stayed up for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dat-phan/i-was-doing-gigs-to-stay-alive-i-worked-two-or-three-jobs-at-a-time/)

[Dat Phan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dat-phan/)

> [I knew comedy was the thing for me when I was the only Asian kid in high school... who failed math.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dat-phan/i-knew-comedy-was-the-thing-for-me-when-i-was-the-only-asian-kid-in/)

[Dat Phan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dat-phan/)

> [And I come from a small Vietnamese family. We're really close too, all ten of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dat-phan/and-i-come-from-a-small-vietnamese-family-we-re-really-close-too-all/)

[Dat Phan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dat-phan/)

> [It's a constant battle between what your heart tells you, and what your brain tells you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dat-phan/it-s-a-constant-battle-between-what-your-heart-tells-you-and-what/)

[Dat Phan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dat-phan/)

> [When you grow up poor, you have to either work really hard to try and get where you want to be, or you'll just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dat-phan/when-you-grow-up-poor-you-have-to-either-work-really-hard-to-try-and/)

[Dat Phan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dat-phan/)

> [I learned that money's not happiness. The more famous I am and the more money I make, the closer I stay to my family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dat-phan/i-learned-that-money-s-not-happiness-the-more-famous-i-am-and-the/)

[Dat Phan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dat-phan/)

> [We want to be seen as more than just martial artists, or bad stereotype token roles in American TV and movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dat-phan/we-want-to-be-seen-as-more-than-just-martial-artists-or-bad/)

[Dat Phan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dat-phan/)

> [I did whatever it takes to do stand-up. There is an abundance of material in struggling and poverty and trying to make it. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dat-phan/i-did-whatever-it-takes-to-do-stand-up-there-is-an-abundance-of/)

[Dat Phan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dat-phan/)

> [I was living under a desk in West Hollywood. It was a closet that I shared with another comic. I was shocked when they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dat-phan/i-was-living-under-a-desk-in-west-hollywood-it-was-a-closet-that-i/)

[Dat Phan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dat-phan/)

> [Vietnam, we take over by doing pedicure! That's how we take over. We take over one foot at a time, damn it - that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dat-phan/vietnam-we-take-over-by-doing-pedicure-that-s-how-we-take-over-we/)

[Dat Phan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dat-phan/)

> [Us Asians look like we're twenty until we're fifty. Once we're fifty, we look like Yoda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dat-phan/us-asians-look-like-we-re-twenty-until-we-re-fifty-once-we-re-fifty/)

[Dat Phan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dat-phan/)

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