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“A fishing boat! All these rich kids who grew up with everything just want to live like they are poor. How is Nick anyway?” quote by Kevin Kwan — Download Open image

““A fishing boat! All these rich kids who grew up with everything just want to live like they are poor. How is Nick anyway?””

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My grandparents were far more English in their manners than they were Chinese. For example, we spoke English at home, had afternoon tea every…

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Hollywood is a whole other level of crazy. I've never met so many assistants who have assistants. It's a stratified society on its own.

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I'm not revealing any deep, hidden secret that there are wealthy people in Asia.

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I grew up with a posh English accent, and all my aunts sounded as if they came out of a Merchant Ivory movie.

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I love Netflix and Amazon and watching movies on streamers as much as the next person.

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My golden dream was to move to New York and live in the Village and become that cool rebel beatnik Jack Kerouac.

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