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When I was very little, we would get letters from China, in Chines

When I was very little, we would get letters from China, in Chinese, and they be censored. We were a very insular little family. – Maya Lin

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I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to the veterans. The politics were irrelevant to what this memorial was. – Maya Lin

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Politics
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The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasnt about money. It was about teaching, or learning. – Maya Lin

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Learning
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When I was building the Vietnam Memorial, I never once asked the veterans what it was like in the war, because from my point of view, you dont pry into other peoples business. – Maya Lin

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The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life’s essential unfairness. – Nancy Mitford

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I contribute my best in my sport and I also have a ton of respect for myself and my family. – Venus Williams

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Acting is just a way of making a living, the family is life. – Denzel Washington

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Everything happens for a reason. Im used to it, I prepare for it. Like I say, at the end of the day, those in charge of their own destiny are going to do whats right for them and their family. – Shaquille ONeal

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The want of money is the root of all evil. – Samuel Butler

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What each must seek in his life never was on land or sea. It is something out of his own unique potentiality for experience, something that never has been and never could have been experienced by anyone else. – Joseph Campbell

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