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Asian Quotes (page 5)

For the past few years, I was the more visible Asian performer, and I think it gave young girls a kind of role model showing it's possible to actually reach success doing movies. Joan Chen
The first initial feeling, at least for me, was to go out and play well and hopefully win and have the Asian community be even more proud. Michael Chang
In the tennis world, there weren't a whole lot of Asians playing. You see it a little bit more now. The same can really be said for basketball. Michael Chang
Iris Chang quote: "They probably do have an Asian Barbie."
They probably do have an Asian Barbie. Iris Chang
Jackie Chan quote: "I want to be an Asian Robert De Niro."
I want to be an Asian Robert De Niro. Jackie Chan
The roles for South Asians may have increased by a decent number but there has been a negligible change in the quality of these roles. We still have to fight stereotypes. Fortunately, I've had the priviledge of working with people who look beyond the color of your skin. Lavrenti Lopes
My dad, of course, like a lot of Asian parents, wanted me to be an engineer or doctor and never could understand why I would want to be a lawyer. And then, when I first said I wanted to run for office, he thought that was absolutely insane. Gary Locke
Lucy Liu quote: "They were concerned about the racial issue. They thought it..."
They were concerned about the racial issue. They thought it was not a safe issue to go Asian, unfortunately. Lucy Liu
Being Asian in this business is something you have to consider, because sometimes people aren't as open. They'll say, I can't see you with a Caucasian person. Lucy Liu
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
Great numbers of Asian Americans do not fit the model minority or 'tiger family' stereotypes, living instead in multigenerational poverty far from the mainstream. Eric Liu
The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty. Manmohan Singh
We deliberately used elements from Brazilian music and from African and Asian music. Now people can hear that but then it sounded so abstract, they couldn't hear it. Arto Lindsay
OK, it was black, it was below grade, I was female, Asian American, young, too young to have served. Yet I think none of the opposition in that sense hurt me. Maya Lin
Jeremy Lin quote: "I want to be a representative and be a role model for the..."
I want to be a representative and be a role model for the Asian American community. Jeremy Lin

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