I want to be there for all those who are left behind in this world, whether it's because they are born poor, born a woman, or born in an area affected by devastation.
Interpretation
The quote expresses a desire to support and uplift marginalized individuals in society.
Michelle Yeoh's quote highlights a profound commitment to compassion and empathy for those who are often overlooked or unfairly treated due to circumstances beyond their control. It emphasizes the importance of solidarity with people who face various forms of hardship—be it economic, gender-based, or geographical—encouraging a collective responsibility to advocate for and assist those in need.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech about social justice and equality.
I have very supportive parents who said, 'Go and do what you want to do. Home is always here for you, and if you don't like it out there, come back. You can always do something different.' So when you have an option like that, you are able to choose roles or choose the things you want to be in.
I'm not a fashion victim, and I don't closely follow trends. I dress the way I feel comfortable because, at the end of the day, you have to be comfortable.
For me, beauty comes from natural happiness. I think that a woman glows, and a man, even, when they're healthy and they're happy.
Let's empower men and help them take a stand to stop acts of violence against women.
Wai Lin is the first Bond Girl who is on a par with Bond, someone who can match up with him mentally and physically. From the moment our characters see each other, there is a wariness and a recognition that this person is not who she or he seems to be.
As an actor, you can't just imitate someone. You have to get under her skin.
It's a cruel season that makes you get ready for bed while it's light out.
If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge?
One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes were being counted.
We should show life neither as it is or as it ought to be, but only as we see it in our dreams.
A government or a party gets the people it deserves and sooner or later a people gets the government it deserves.
I wouldn't want to live if I did not have my work. In any case, it's good that I'm already old and personally don't have to count on a prolonged future.
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