"At thirteen, when I arrived in Hong Kong after leaving China, I made a living by working in a restaurant"
- Martin Yan
About this Quote
Martin Yan's quote speaks with the resilience and determination of immigrants. At the young age of thirteen, Yan had to leave his house nation of China and make a new life for himself in Hong Kong. Despite the challenging circumstances, Yan had the ability to earn a living by working in a restaurant. This speaks to his resourcefulness and desire to do whatever it requires to make ends fulfill. Yan's story is a suggestion of the strength and nerve of immigrants who are willing to leave their houses in search of a much better life. It likewise functions as a suggestion of the importance of hard work and dedication, as Yan had the ability to earn a living regardless of his young age and absence of resources. Yan's story is an inspiring example of the power of the human spirit and the capability of immigrants to make a better life for themselves.
This quote is written / told by Martin Yan somewhere between December 22, 1948 and today. He was a famous Celebrity from China.
The author also have 33 other quotes.
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"American stuntmen are smart - they think about safety. When they do a jump in a car, they calculate everything: the speed, the distance... But in Hong Kong, we don't know how to count. Everything we do is a guess. If you've got the guts, you do it. All of my stuntmen have gotten hurt"
"And I managed to arrange to get some research support and to stay in Hong Kong for another year and a half, interviewing people coming out of China, both Westerners and Chinese. And that was my first real research study on thought reform or so-called brainwashing"
"In the West audiences think I am a stereotyped action star, or that I always play hitmen or killers. But in Hong Kong, I did a lot of comedy, many dramatic films, and most of all, romantic roles, lots of love stories. I was like a romance novel hero"
"It's a remake of a film called Inferno Affairs. It's a Hong Kong film, and if we come anywhere close to what they did in the original, we're going to have a hot property on our hands, because Inferno Affairs is a great piece"
"That's so different in Hong Kong when I'm using my own mother language, I can treat the line in one thousand different ways, with many different reactions"
"I would love mainland Chinese to read my book. There is a Chinese translation which I worked on myself, published in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Many copies have gone into China but it is still banned"
"Be realistic and truthful - and tell Hong Kong businessmen honestly that they should go for long-term investments since it is unlikely money can be made in the short haul"
