"Marriage Asian-style is practical, contractual and, to the……" — Jemima Khan
"Marriage Asian-style is practical, contractual and, to the western mind, deeply unromantic."
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10 Quotes by Jemima Khan
Jemima Khan has 10 quotes on this site.
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Military strikes on Afghanistan will not prevent something this terrible from happening again, for the simple reason that bombs will…
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I think the world of politics is pretty sleazy.
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In my experience, being busy and working hard is the key to sanity/happiness.
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The best justification governments can find to shut down information is that lives are at risk. In fact, lives have…
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Fame infantilises and grants relative impunity. Those that seek it, out of an exaggerated need for admiration or attention, are…
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Accountability and democratic choice, I deeply believe, are guaranteed by rigorous scrutiny only.
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WikiLeaks exposed corruption, war crimes, torture and cover-ups. It showed that we were lied to about the wars in Iraq…
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WikiLeaks exposed the most dangerous lies of all, which are those that are told to us by elected governments.
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Arranged marriages are big business in the U.K. Second- and third-generation immigrant families, with no extended family structure, limited networks…
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More Asian Quotes
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I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed…
— 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…
— 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…
— 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…
— 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…
— 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…
— 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…
— Douglas MacArthur
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