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"I can represent my culture while helping not only the Chinese-American community, but also the community at large."
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"People bond themselves into families and groups for protection, and strangers...strangers are always at risk."
"...there's never a garden in all the parish but what there's endless waste in it for want o' somebody as could use everything up. It's what I think to myself sometimes, as there need nobody run short o' victuals if the land was made the most on, and there was never a morsel but what could find it's way to a mouth."
"My People: Prepared and never scared, fueled by faith in a sea of despair - we rise and we shine, 'cause it's like that'!"
"I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the parameters of your role, the whole pack succeeds, and when that falls apart, so does the pack."
"Let each of us lead a revolution of support in the lives of others."
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"You can do almost anything with soup stock, it's like a strong foundation. When you have the right foundation, everything tastes good."
"Well, you know, if you get into the profession because you think you can make a lot of money, you can never become successful."
"A lot of people don't enjoy their job, they may even hate it, but I am lucky enough to be able to make a living through my passion."
"I think a lot of times it's not money that's the primary motivation factor; it's the passion for your job and the professional and personal satisfaction that you get out of doing what you do that motivates you."
"At thirteen, when I arrived in Hong Kong after leaving China, I made a living by working in a restaurant."
"The only thing that counts is if you know how to prepare your ingredients. Even if with the best and freshest ingredients in the world, if your dish is tasteless or burnt, it's ruined."
"I also have a lot of preserved foods, things that will keep for a long time like dried fish, seaweed or lotus seed."
"As long as the food is well prepared and not overdone, I think it tastes good. It doesn't matter if it's Chinese, Japanese, anything."
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