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The summer of 1991, I took $2,000 of my savings and a desktop program, and I asked my friends to write 800 words about something they cared about. I got eight or nine articles and put them together. It was no frills, black and white, no graphics. I printed them out and just dumped piles around D.C. ↗

— Eric Liu

#around #articles #asked #black #black and white

There have been, in recent years, many Asian American pioneers in the public eye who've defied the condescendingly complimentary 'model minority' stereotype: actors like Lucy Liu, artists like Maya Lin, moguls like Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. They are known, often admired. ↗

— Eric Liu

#american #artists #asian #asian american #been

I brought a lot of my own pieces of clothes to the design room when I first met with the design team just so they could see what my style was like. ↗

— Nastia Liukin

#clothes #could #design #first #i

The first time I walked into the Olympic athlete village seeing the Visa ATM machine with my picture on it and the Chinese characters saying 'Destiny.' For some reason, it just boosted my confidence and it was before I had even worked out or had my first training or competed. ↗

— Nastia Liukin

#atm #before #characters #chinese #competed

I don't wanta do any Blues or any sad songs. ↗

— Bob Livingston

#blues #i #sad #sad songs #songs

What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible. ↗

— John Mellencamp

#fail #failed #first #happen #horrible

'Never give in' was my mindset. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#mindset #never #never give in

If you play your cards right things are going to happen in the long run. In the short run, it is anybody's guess. ↗