Yan Yan Quotes
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Yan Yan Quotes & Sayings
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A writer should always bravely face life, risking death and mutilation in order to dethrone an emperor.
— Mo Yan
I have a lot of cooking tools. In fact I have a whole drawer full of knives. Cooking tools, especially cutlery, are my toys.
— Martin Yan
I do not believe in this command leadership. Dangerous doctrine 'yan ha. Because you cannot know everything your men do.
— Teodoro A. Agoncillo
I have always been independent.
— Mo Yan
Soy sauce is really a multi-purpose seasoning.
— Martin Yan
A sudden cloud formation of birds was swallowed up by the moon, and he was just as suddenly penned in by four walls - the demons' pen.
— Mo Yan
When I retire or pass away, I will be able to look back and say that this has been an exciting life. That's all that matters.
— Martin Yan
There are people who walk mules and people walk horses, but I never thought there were people who walk cops.
— Mo Yan
I've never considered myself a celebrity or even part of the entertainment business. I'm a cooking teacher.
— Martin Yan
The cliche that sea dry up and rocks rot away, but the heart never changes is nothing but a beautiful fantasy.
— Mo Yan
I normally don't eat junk food.
— Martin Yan
When people are driven nearly mad, they are imbued with superhuman strength and are capable of almost supernatural deeds.
— Mo Yan
Possibly because I've lived so much of my life in difficult circumstances, I think I have a more profound understanding of life.
— Mo Yan
I think writers write for their consciences, they write for their own true audiences, for their souls.
— Mo Yan
Finally, she mused that human existence is as brief as the life of autumn grass, so what was there to fear from taking chances with your life?
— Mo Yan
Anyone that has come to America past the age of eighteen will be able to understand when I say that you can never shake your accent.
— Martin Yan
Are women really wonderful things? Maybe they are. Yes, women are wonderful things, but when all is said and done, they aren't really things
— Mo Yan
I think that China has many outstanding authors, and their great works should also be recognised by the world.
— Mo Yan
Wullie! Big Yan! Come quick!' she yelled. 'He willnae tak' a drink! I think he's deid!
— Terry Pratchett
I don't like to waste anything. Any food left over from the night before is always eaten the next day.
— Martin Yan
Some may want to shout on the street, but we should tolerate those who hide in their rooms and use literature to voice their opinions.
— Mo Yan
Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back.
— Martin Yan
So when I do Chinese cooking, I mix everything together, then the kids have to eat their vegetables. They won't have the patience to pick them out.
— Martin Yan
I also have a lot of preserved foods, things that will keep for a long time like dried fish, seaweed or lotus seed.
— Martin Yan
In general I love to eat anything. I enjoy anything that is well prepared, a good spaghetti, lasagna, taco, steak, sushi, refried beans.
— Martin Yan
When you enjoy what you do, work becomes play.
— Martin Yan
Because normally with Western cuisine, you'll serve vegetables separate from the meat, so kids will eat the meat and never touch the vegetables.
— Martin Yan
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.
— Martin Yan
I enjoy the quiet life.
— Martin Yan
I live a very low-key life.
— Martin Yan
I can represent my culture while helping not only the Chinese-American community, but also the community at large.
— Martin Yan
What a shame for a man like him to be born during peacetime. If he'd been born only a few decades earlier, he'd have worn the mantle of hero,
— Mo Yan
Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general.
— Martin Yan
For a country boy, poor as I was, whose constant worry was to be able to have enough to eat, the Army guaranteed one's survival.
— Mo Yan
At thirteen, when I arrived in Hong Kong after leaving China, I made a living by working in a restaurant.
— Martin Yan
Do what others do not do, Believe in what others do not believe, Feel what others cant feel, Become what others cannot be
— Yan Antropov
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.
— Martin Yan
No person writes to win awards.
— Mo Yan
You can do almost anything with soup stock, it's like a strong foundation. When you have the right foundation, everything tastes good.
— Martin Yan
If an earthworm in the ground won't starve to death, then neither will we, the working class." He
— Mo Yan
If I could only have one type of food with me, I would bring soy sauce. The reason being that if I have soy sauce, I can flavor a lot of things.
— Martin Yan
Well, you know, if you get into the profession because you think you can make a lot of money, you can never become successful.
— Martin Yan
I remember when I was in college, I used to watch Julia Child's cooking show during dinner and joke with my roommates about becoming a TV chef.
— Martin Yan
Mo Yan is the Chinese equivalent of the Soviet Russian apparatchik writer Mikhail Sholokhov: a patsy of the regime.
— Salman Rushdie
A writer should bury his thoughts deep and convey them through the characters in his novel.
— Mo Yan
Always start with the freshest ingredients.
— Martin Yan
The act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer.
— Mo Yan