Asian Quotes
327 Asian quotes by 248 unique authors
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I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed to Asian philosophy early in…
— Martha Beck
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We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male actor in Hollywood movies, which…
— Nicolas Cage
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I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.
— Jackie Chan
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I want to be an Asian Robert De Niro.
— Jackie Chan
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They probably do have an Asian Barbie.
— Iris Chang
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All Asian parents are into your children having a respectable, decent stable job. Acting was unimaginable to my parents.
— Joan Chen
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For the past few years, I was the more visible Asian performer, and I think it gave young girls a kind of role model showing…
— Joan Chen
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To be honest, I know that a lot of Asian parents are secretly shocked and horrified by many aspects of Western parenting.
— Amy Chua
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When I was little, my parents really only wanted me to be a scientist or a doctor; they had never even heard of law school.…
— Amy Chua
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Westerners often laud their children as 'talented' or 'gifted', while Asian parents highlight the importance of hard work. And in fact, research performed by Stanford…
— Amy Chua
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I cook everything. I love Mediterranean cooking, I love Asian cooking. I do lots of Japanese noodles.
— Ted Allen
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In this situation, it becomes vital that our own country orient its policies in consonance with this basic evolutionary condition rather than pursue a course…
— Douglas MacArthur
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Shout out to asian girls, let the lights dim some(dim sum).
— Drake
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I believe we can keep the promise of our founders, the idea that if you're willing to work hard, it doesn't matter who you are…
— Barack Obama
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My father in the film - which we probably haven't seen in previous movies, and in British Asian movies you could probably count on one…
— Parminder Nagra
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Our theme for this year's festivities, Dreams and Challenges of Asian Pacific Americans, speaks to the many generations of Asian Pacific Americans who worked hard…
— Lucille Roybal-Allard
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We cannot educate white women and take them by the hand. Most of us are willing to help but we can't do the white woman's…
— Gloria E. Anzaldúa
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We cannot allow some people to be left at the back of the human rights bus... We must ensure the rights of individual groups or…
— Unknown Author
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As a Chinese American legislator, I applaud the RNC's Growth and Opportunity Project. Engaging Asian American and Pacific Islander communities about Republican principles is a…
— Kimberly Yee
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Our atmosphere can't tell the difference between emissions from an Asian factory, the exhaust from a North American SUV, or deforestation in South America or…
— Ban Ki-moon
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Our responsibility as Christians makes us tremble. The northern hemisphere, the developed area of the world, the 20% who possess 80% of the world's resources,…
— Hélder Câmara
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The 21st century will be the Asian century. This also means that Asians will be expected to provide greater leadership to solve global challenges, including…
— Kishore Mahbubani
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Most people no longer believe that buying sneakers made in Asian sweatshops is a kindness to those child laborers. Farming is similar. In every country…
— Barbara Kingsolver
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Today, former President Bill Clinton met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il and convinced him to release two American journalists that have been jailed since…
— Conan O'Brien
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The Sixth Sense is not a good white film. Insomnia is not a good white film. They're just good films. So why we can't we…
— Eriq La Salle
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