Perseverance

“I still want to realize that dream!”

“笑いってなんなんだろうということは死ぬまで解決しないんだろうけど、そうやって死ぬまでお笑いに携わっていきたいなと思っています。”

“I plug away and hope something comes out of it.”

“We all need to work hard.”

“人是靠自己意志的，意志十分重要。”

“It’s almost like I did my best to get away from it, but it wouldn’t leave me.”

“I got my foot in the door, I’m holding the door open with that foot.”

“你要不停接受新嘅挑戰，係難呀，咁你咪解決問題囉，世界上係冇嘢解決唔到！”

“I was not a youngster, stirred by momentary enthusiasm, and my determination was based on much practical work in Siberia in hard and trying circumstances.”

““However, as we have always said, a thousand trials will not silence us.””

“A burden can weigh you down, or it can challenge you to rise to the demands that it imposes.”

“The one thing we can all control is our effort.”

“The difficult way is often the best way.”

“I think talent is hugely overrated. I think most of it’s hard work.”

““Si vas a entrar en una zona de riesgo, debes entrar con todos los pelos de la burra en la mano, pero ir.””

“But I always knew what I wanted to do. I used it as fuel to prove everyone wrong.”

“Hard work. You don't get anything unless you work hard.”

“A human rights activist has to be stubborn… it’s not your dignity, [you’re] fighting for other’s dignity.”