Asian Quotes - Page 3

The most important thing that certainly the United States and other Asian and Pacific actors have done is to urge that whatever happens, however the dispute is resolved, that it be resolved peacefully.

I listen to a lot of alternative types of music: I listen to a lot of Chinese music, I listen to a lot of Asian music. It might surprise you, but I listen to a lot of Arabic music. And I don't care - music is music.

We have already seen some instances of systemic risk in recent times in the Asian financial crisis. But what sparked off the Asian financial crisis? Automated trading programmes!

The 'ER' role was not Asian-specific, and my agent knew that I loved the show.

Every single Asian dude who went to high school or junior high during the era of John Hughes movies was called 'Donger,'

I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed to Asian philosophy early in my life.

Coming from an Asian culture, I was always taught to respect my elders, to be a better listener than a talker.

We sincerely hope that south Asian countries will respect and live in amity with each other, and achieve common development, and that south Asia will enjoy peace, stability and prosperity.

I've been informed by both sides, jazz, western music, Asian music, African music, all sides, because I've been interested in the sound of the universe, and that sound is without limit.

In Asian languages, the word for mind and the word for heart are the same word.

I'm very humbled and honored. I'm very thankful to the Asian-American Community for all their support!

You don't get respect for being an Asian-American basketball player in the U.S.

We need to strengthen Asian diplomacy.

Horsemeat in many European and Asian countries is consumed as a delicacy.

RUSSIAN, n. A person with a Caucasian body and a Mongolian soul. A Tartar Emetic.

Do not tell me what I can and cannot do. I'll be as asian as I want to (Stretches his eyes in a racist manner).

There's a whole, that is a whole subgenre within martial arts cinema. The supernatural martial arts movie. Particularly within Asian cinema.

There's one stereotype in the industry that Asian people aren't funny, I've heard that over and over again.

There is certainly an underrepresentation of Asian Pacific Islanders in professional sports/athletics.

The show definitely has a romantic construct, and that's a genre that I've never had access to, in a significant way. This interesting for me to see, as an Asian guy, just standing back. I just wanted to break my way into a different genre. I was tickled that it was offered to me.

It'd be nice if Asian actors could be perceived as profitable, which is the bottom line. We're perceived as not mattering much fiscally.

So how do Latinos feel if there's a big investment just in the African American community, and they're looking around and saying, "We're poor as well. What kind of help are we getting?" Or Asian Americans who say, "Look, I'm a first-generation immigrant, and clearly I didn't have anything to do with what was taking place."

To be honest, I know that a lot of Asian parents are secretly shocked and horrified by many aspects of Western parenting.

To those who say "Sufism is apolitical" or "no politics," I respond: "No politics is politics." Look at the very old African Sufi tradition, the Asian Sufi tradition, or the North African Sufi tradition. Then you get it and understand what Sufism is all about wisdom, courage and resistance.

Because of my Asian-ness, I couldn't be anonymous - what I said, what I ate, what I did at the weekend were startlingly different to what everyone else did. I was also a performer, quick and chameleon-like, good at accents, so that made me stand out.