Asian Quotes

327 Asian quotes by 248 unique authors

The focus of my research is how secular movements originated in West Asian countries and subsequently changed to pan-Islamic movements. The role of Western countries… — Taslima Nasrin
In many Asian households, to not go on to higher education, that's like a big no-no. I know my parents' discouragement was for my own… — Sandra Oh
Since I was a baby my goal was to be on TV because film was just impossible - you never got any Asian women in… — Archie Panjabi
I like having black hair. When I was really young, I wanted to be Asian - Asian hair is beautiful. I also wanted to look… — Pauley Perrette
I don't want to have people brought in simply because they are black or Asian. — Trevor Phillips
As we women know, there are so many other hurdles that we have to cross that I would love it if we could stop having… — Octavia Spencer
The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress… — Manmohan Singh
I am convinced the next major attack against the United States may well be conducted by people with Asian or African faces, not the ones… — George Tenet
In America, people think being South Asian is still kind of exotic. When you go outside New York and Chicago and L.A., there are people… — Aasif Mandvi
People lament that there's no roles being written for South Asian or Muslim characters. But their parents don't want their children to go into the… — Aasif Mandvi
A whole bunch of big technological shocks occurred when Asian innovations - paper, gunpowder, the stirrup, the moldboard plow and so on - came to… — Charles C. Mann
Exploitation and oppression is not a matter of race. It is the system, the apparatus of world-wide brigandage called imperialism, which made the Powers behave… — Han Suyin
The future for us is the foreseeable future. The South Asian, however, feels that it is perfectly realistic to think of a 'long time' in… — Edward T. Hall
But, yeah, as far as Asian Americans go, I hope they know they can look at me and see that they can do music on… — James Iha
No, I've heard over the years that it's nice for them to see somebody who's like, you know, a well-known successful musician who's Asian. I've… — James Iha
The most important thing that certainly the United States and other Asian and Pacific actors have done is to urge that whatever happens, however the… — William C. Kirby
My theory is because I'm Asian and white I sort of look like the future. I'm the melting pot. — Moon Bloodgood
It'd be nice if Asian actors could be perceived as profitable, which is the bottom line. We're perceived as not mattering much fiscally. — John Cho
I go to castings and see several black and Asian girls, then I get to the show and look around there's just me and maybe… — Jourdan Dunn
My favourite types of cuisine are Asian and Caribbean, and I love cooking new recipes for my family. — Jourdan Dunn

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