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She also points to successes like K-pop band BTS - who she is a "huge fan of" - as models for Asians to look up to.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
I want to be the kind of dad that my kids look back on and think I was present and loving and the kind of person they’d look up to.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
“He’s in a galaxy of his own as somebody that I look up to, respect and who basically shaped the game for me.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026
"Honestly, I didn't have many people to look up to," she explained.
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
I hear Viola make a choking and gasping sound and I look up to her and when I do she shrinks from me.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
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