Jeremy Tiang Quotes

She looked at me like I was stupid, the same look the girls in JC used to give me when I hadn't heard of the latest boy band, or turned up at Zouk wearing unfashionable clothes. ~ Jeremy Tiang

The article was written in scraps of time, between snatched moments of sleep. This can't be normal, she thought, exhilarated, typing away in her slip at three in the morning. She'd been brought up to believe in regular work that took place in nice, clean offices, between fixed hours. Yet here she was, in a hotel room that could be anywhere, weaving a story into being and feeling like if she stopped for a second to breathe, the whole thing would fall apart. As long as she got the next sentence out, and the one after that, she'd be all right. ~ Jeremy Tiang

Mongkol, poor Mongkol, shedding tears.

Thinking of his smiling, comical face, and his dreams of sending his son to university, I could only lower my head in silence.

And the night continued, cold and dark, the wind frozen beyond the mountains. ~ You Jin

Many years later, Sophia will think of this night, and how close she was to tears. She will wonder how she could have allowed herself to arrive there, but also feel a twinge of loss for the girl still capable of losing control. ~ Jeremy Tiang

I remember clearly the afternoon that she stood at the corner beside the door of the tourist centre in Gdansk. ~ You Jin

I'd thought there'd be no winter in the desert, but winter arrived anyway - silently, suddenly. ~ You Jin

I am writing this on a computer that I can't imagine living without. This is an alarming thought, the extent to which I have organised my life around a metal box full of wires (and, via the Internet, to many other metal boxes full of wires). Someone told me most of the Internet is stored in a warehouse somewhere in North Carolina. I don't know enough about technology to gauge if this is true, but it made me realise how little I actually understand about the world I inhabit. The world of Dr Wong's childhood was significantly smaller than mine, but he understood every square inch of it. ~ Jeremy Tiang

All the social ills that
law presumes to correct exist because people are not free to
learn and grow. ~ Jeremy Locke

Corbyn's words imply a serious lack of moral judgement. Just as all Muslims are not to blame for ISIS, not all Brits are to blame for [Jeremy] Corbyn. ~ Tzipi Livni

The beautiful is powerless but always exceeds what frames it, and what always frames it is discourse. ~ Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe

To bring our human population in line with the biocapacity of the planet and transform our society from scarcity to sustainable abundance, we will need to address the great disparity in ecological footprint between the rich and poor, while simultaneously lowering the overall human population on Earth. ~ Jeremy Rifkin

Europe will not accept genetically modified foods. It doesn't make any difference in the final analysis what Brussels does, what Washington does, or what the World Trade Organization does. ~ Jeremy Rifkin

And if this is the last time I see you all, don't stop inventing. Don't stop being amazing. Keep G.I.R.L. alive. ~ Jeremy Whitley

I could write novels about her forever. Maybe when I die I will end up in the poem with her writing more poems about our times together.' The Diary ~ Jeremy Limn

Prudence is a necessary ingredient in all the virtues, without which they degenerate into folly and excess. ~ Jeremy Collier

I get bored very easily, so I love doing different things, changing, doing a job for a month and then doing another one for six months and then moving into a different group of people. I love being able to stop. That's one of the greatest benefits we have in our profession. ~ Jeremy Irons

For me, personally, I'm a 5'5 leading man. I'm no Brad Pitt or anything. ~ Jeremy Luke

You soon know the difference between a real newspaper and an electronic one as soon as a fly won't leave you alone. ~ Jeremy Lee

My next step must be to go to drama school. Well, I get into drama school, so I did that. ~ Jeremy Irons

There's too much down time making movies. That leads to boredom. And that leads to trouble. ~ Jeremy Renner

I've actually done a lot of on-screen, live-action stuff prior to 'Adventure Time.' ~ Jeremy Shada

The stairs aren't challenging enough anymore?" he asked.
Antonio laughed. "Challenge has nothing to do with it, Jer. I'd say it's the big bad wolf huffing and puffing at her door up there. ~ Kelley Armstrong

you say no one else wants to love you
will you look up and question that to him ~ Angel Of Death

Jeremy laughed. "Well, there was food, a gift, and you spent your time shopping. I'd say it was a date!"
Aiden squinted at Jeremy. "That's all we did last Saturday! he said, a little bit of surprise in his voice. "I thought you weren't gay!"
Jeremy widened his eyes big enough to look shocked. "Well, I didn't know you were!"
"God, what a dumbass!" Aiden shook his head. "Jesus, how can you give advice on two guys dating if you don't even know what two guys do if they're not on a date. ~ Amy Lane

It is important that politicians defend their ability to act without fear or favour, and it is in the public interest that they hold ministers and public servants to account. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

John Cusack and I have been friends since childhood, and the fact that we're in so many films together is, no pun intended, serendipitous. ~ Jeremy Piven

What makes and experience a memory is when we share with someone, the emotions we felt ~ Jeremy Aldana

My father was a CPA. He worked hard in the aircraft industry, and would come home more and more infrequently. He was about to leave my mother, which he did when I was 15. ~ Jeremy Irons

New York is fast paced, with enthusiastic fans and lots of media attention. Houston's slower paced, and there's more of a southern culture to the city. But both cities have unbelievable food. ~ Jeremy Lin

The money buys the drugs, the drugs work harder and harder to trick your blackened dopamine receptors into giving a damn about living. At some point you make a choice: fight your need the rest of your goddamned long-suffering life, or fill your need until it disappears into the grave with you. ~ Jeremy Robert Johnson

What I remain opposed to is the idea that David Cameron could go around and give up workers' rights, give up environmental protection, give up a whole load of things that are very important. ~ Jeremy Corbyn

Another misconception is that desires are insatiable. Admittedly, for the small segment of society that is clinically deranged, this statement may not hold true. But for those seeking riches, pleasure, or power, too much of a good thing dulls the appetite." – Jeremy Lyons [Survival of the Fittest] ~ Marvin H. McIntyre

Congressman Upton insisted that he hadn't changed his position on environmental issues. But Jeremy Symons, then a senior vice president of the nonpartisan National Wildlife Federation, said that the transformation was "like night and day." He continued, "In the past the committee majority viewed the Clean Air Act as an effective way to protect the public. Now the committee treats the Clean Air Act and the EPA as if they are the enemy. Voters didn't ask for this pro-polluter agenda, but the Koch brothers spent their money well and their presence can be felt." At ~ Jane Mayer

Most of all, I really wanted to become a filmmaker, and I've used every acting experience to just turn it into film school. ~ Jeremy Davies

Getting 10,000 listeners for a free podcast novel is a lot easier than selling 10,000 hardcover novels at $25 a pop. ~ Jeremy Robinson

stability of the capitalist system is shaken by the alternation of attempts to stop economic progress in order to protect old investments and tremendous collapses when those attempts fail. ~ Jeremy Rifkin

My fear, as an American, is that our own actions are going to contribute to an inspiration for terrorists to want to harm us or kill us. ~ Jeremy Scahill

I used to be a hopeless romantic - I fell in love with everyone I went out with. ~ Jeremy London

You can't have a happy family if you don't have a happy marriage. ~ Jeremy Sisto

I don't think the BBC supporting digital switchover is top slicing. Top slicing is putting the license fee up for grabs for other broadcasters to bid for. ~ Jeremy Hunt

The dead raccoon's name was Rory. I fell in love with him the instant I saw him because he looked exactly like Rambo, the rescued, orphaned raccoon who lived in my bathtub when I was little. Rory hadn't been lucky enough to be adopted by a small child who'd dress him up in small shorts sets and let him turn her sink into his own tiny waterfall. Instead, Rory had fallen in with a bad crowd and ended up as roadkill, but my friend Jeremy (a burgeoning taxidermist) saw great potential (and very few tire marks) on the cadaver and decided that Rory's tiny spirit should live on in the most disturbingly joyous way possible. ~ Jenny Lawson

If you could do 'Moving Too Fast' and 'Nobody Needs To Know' really, really well, you kind of knew you would make it someday, somehow! ~ Jeremy Jordan