Du Yun Quotes
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Unsettling signs of al Qaeda's aims and skills in cyberspace have led some government experts to conclude that terrorists are at the threshold of using the Internet as a direct instrument of bloodshed.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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I'm not really a mainstream novelist!
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I'm not really a piano player, but I play enough to get away with it.
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Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.
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That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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I happen to be the kind of reader who, if I like something, I don't want it to end.
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The release of 'Lungs' was so hard. It was terrifying, because it was the first time doing everything. The first experiences of media exposure were almost paralysing. I spent a lot of time crying on the floor of the studio – it sent me a bit mad.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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The truth is not a bidimensional thing; it's not flat. It's rounded; it's like a sphere, so there's always a hidden face. There's one that is revealed because there's light reflecting on it, but there's always a hidden one, and once you go around to see the hidden one, it moves, and that's life.
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I am a bit of a Cheap Pete, but I do spend a fortune on books and false moustaches and practical jokes.
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It was a struggle financing CNN, but I did it without ever asking the government for a nickel.
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Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I.
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Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India.
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When our backs are on the wall, that's the time when we enjoy having fun, relax out there, do our thing, don't get the pressure on, see the results, day by day, game by game.
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By packaging a full album into a bundle of music with ringtones, videos and other combinations and variations, we found products that consumers demonstrably valued and were willing to purchase at premium prices. And guess what? We've sold tons of them.
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I love 'Glee.'
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My family believe you should never be flashy about anything. Maybe that handicapped me a little bit, that extreme humility.
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I realized the true function of a lawyer was to unite parties riven asunder. The lesson was so indelibly burnt into me that a large part of my time during the twenty years of my practice as a lawyer was occupied in bringing about private compromises of hundreds of cases. I lost nothing thereby -- not even money, certainly not my soul.
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I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simplification. That, to me, is the heroic in fiction.
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You have to be serious-minded in business, but not take yourself seriously.
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When we gather for worship, whether with a handful in a storefront chapel or with thousands in St. Peter's Square, we perform a drama with different parts-speaking and singing and praying and giving money and baptizing and eating bread and drinking wine-all for the delight of God.
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I like a lot of different things equally, with no boundaries, and in a very serious way.
