Chen Guangbiao Quotes
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No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
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Some people say I chastise the Republican Party too much.
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I uplift people and see the good in a bad situation. The worst is I'm very critical of myself. If I do a performance, I watch it 100 times afterwards and pick it apart.
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I'm a wuss - a complete wuss!
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The incredible cinematography makes 'A Walk to Beautiful' almost like a poem; there is a tenderness on display that seems to emanate from the camera. There is also great sensitivity to the women whose stories are being told - never did I have a sense of the subjects being exploited.
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Different directors have different things, so when I left Mike Leigh, as it were, and I went into other projects after 'All or Nothing,' it took some getting used to - what do you mean there's a script?!?' That kind of thing.
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Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.
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No, but I'm really lucky, because I'm not the superhero.
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I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.
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I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.
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The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.
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You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.
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I think my novel, 'Walden Two,' has made people stop and look at the culture they have inherited and wonder if it is the last word or whether it can be changed.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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Well, an actor is an actor is actor, to paraphrase someone or other and the opportunity to work, to have a steady engagement, certainly seemed like an appealing concept to me.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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I think the idea of getting out of a traffic jam and getting out of work each week and going and doing all this stuff would be really exhausting.
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We all want to be a little glamorous, a little playful and a little mischievous at times.
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Women and girls are disproportionately affected by landmines. They have different needs when it comes to education about risks. And they may face greater challenges when a family member is killed or injured.
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I'm not interested in the idea of celebrity.
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Life was neither something you defended by hiding nor surrendered calmly on other people's terms, but something you lived bravely, out in the open, and that if you had to lose it, you should lose it on your own terms.
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I may be a maverick, but it doesn't mean I like playing tricks.
