332 Asian Quotes for You to Enjoy

There were no Asian lads boxing when I started. Amir Khan

Boxing Were Lads Asian Started

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. I think even these days if you were to tell your mother you want to be a fashion designer, or an artist or a writer, a lot of Asian parents would be alarmed because they don't think that's a secure career. 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 psychologist Carol Dweck has found that the way parents offer approval affects the way children perform, even the way they feel about themselves. Amy Chua

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I went to an exhibition at San Francisco's Asian Art Museum about Shanghai, about how courtesans had been influential in bringing western culture to Shanghai. I bought a book and in it saw this striking group of women in a photograph called 'The Ten Beauties of Shanghai'. Amy Tan

Art Culture Women Book Group Saw Striking Francisco Photograph About Ten Shanghai Had Beauties Bought How Exhibition Been Western Western Culture Influential San Asian Bringing Museum

My parents kept the best aspects of the Asian culture, and they Americanized the family. My mother was a great example for me. She was a working mother with a good career. Andrea Jung

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The Panda mission really speaks to our philosophy. It is, 'Deliver exceptional Asian dining experiences by building an organization where people are inspired to better their lives.' I'm talking about everyone who works at Panda. They're inspired to better their own lives. Andrew Cherng

People Better Organization Building Own Everyone Our Philosophy Dining About Inspired Exceptional Deliver Mission Talking Where Experiences Asian Really Speaks Who Works Lives

Apart from boosting our long-term economic strength like other Asian economic powers, Philippine companies expanding overseas and going beyond our comfort zones, or going to some uncharted territories, will help sharpen our management skills. Andrew Tan

Strength Management Will Other Our Some Economic Uncharted Economic Strength Sharpen Long-Term Like Beyond Powers Comfort Territories Overseas Expanding Going Apart Asian Skills Help Companies Zone

I grew up a skinny Asian kid who was often ignored or picked on. It stuck with me and branded my soul. As I grew up, I tried to stick up for whoever seemed excluded or marginalized. Andrew Yang

Deep down inside, I'm really a black girl stuck in a Mexican girl's body. But I'm also in touch with my inner white girl and my inner Asian girl. I feel like a little bit of everybody. Anjelah Johnson

I think that's what we need more of: Asian-Americans on movie screens and TV screens where they're normalized. Where it's not about them being Asian or a person of color. It's just about them being a human. I think that's why sometimes when I see movies with an Asian family, but it's very stereotyped, I don't find that relatable. Arden Cho

I've grown up with racism my entire life. I've been bullied, sent to the hospital, beat up, I've been called a Chink and a Gook. Every single racial slur an Asian person can be called, I've been called it. Arden Cho

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I'm short. I'm so Asian. Arnel Pineda

Short Asian

I'm not trying to unite Asian people with my music. Awkwafina

Music People Trying Asian Unite

Asian people are very practical and come from a conservative world. The parents want their kids to be doctors and lawyers. There are casting calls for Asian children, but once the parents find out the children might miss school, they're opposed to it. B. D. Wong

I know about lots of things that have nothing to do with being Asian, that you would never guess from looking at me. I know all about musical theater. I could go on 'Jeopardy!' and knock off the whole Broadway show tunes category. Also the whole Bible stories category. B. D. Wong

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Sydney in general is eclectic. You can be on that brilliant blue ocean walk in the morning and then within 20 minutes you can be in a completely vast suburban sprawl or an Italian or Asian suburb, and it's that mix of people, it's that melting pot of people that give it its vital personality. Baz Luhrmann

Morning You People Personality Walk Brilliant Ocean Melting Melting Pot Vital Minutes Give Pot Eclectic General Vast Within Mix Italian Blue Suburb Suburban Asian Then Sydney

Perhaps the strongest signal of reengagement with Southeast Asia was the U.S.'s accession to the Southeast Asian Treaty of Amity and Cooperation. Benigno Aquino III

Signal Strongest Perhaps Southeast Southeast Asia Asia Asian Cooperation Amity Treaty

American audiences and European and Asian audiences are so different. Bill Pullman

Audiences American American Audiences Different Asian European

I think I am against stereotype. Generally, Asian guys are more quiet - they study and have a good work ethic. Generally, I have none of those things. Bobby Lee

Work Good Good Work Think Those Guys More Generally Study Stereotype None Am Quiet Against Asian Work Ethic Ethic Things

I joke around all the time, 'I'm Asian; I'm really good at math.' Brenda Song

Time Good Joke Around Math Asian Really

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