Jiang Wen Quotes
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I don't really care how I sound.
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Don't overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work.
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I left for Petersburg in August, 1871 and stayed there until 1879.
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It's important to understand that one gender is not superior to the other.
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I love reading; I really enjoy it. I read books quite fast, which kind of annoys me, but I like it at the same time because I can read a book in a day.
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As an individual, not as the boss of a company, I am very interested in motor racing.
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This is my favourite thing about being raised in Africa: we don't do labels very well; we don't do this, 'Oh, you're a Democrat; oh, you're a Republican.' Because we live in the real world.
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At the end of the day, my life isn't about other people's work. I've got to stop giving stuff away. I've got my own stories to tell, and a great need to tell them. I've got these images, these thoughts in my head, and I need to find a way to cope with them.
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L.A. is so big that if you don't actually live in Hollywood, you might as well be from a different planet.
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The Guinness book is a very elitist organization. There's nothing scientific about what they do. They just have an office full of people who decide what is a record and what isn't.
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When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.
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I don't believe in politics; I don't understand any of it.
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I am not thinking too far ahead, just want to take it one thing at a time.
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I think there's a connection with 'Nightcrawler' and 'Blowup' and other films where visual imagery is integral to the story. It allows you to play with images.
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It is easy to lay the blame on successive governments for failing to address health as a fundamental right for the Indian people. But the real tragedy is that we, the people of India, have not taken our government to task for this catastrophic failure.
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I think it was Osama bin Laden’s idea to start a pre-emptive war in Iraq.
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A thriller is supposed to thrill you! So it's the plotting of the movie and the unveiling of the story which is important.
Nastassja Kinski -
I don’t say I’ve got much of a soul, but, such as it is, I’m perfectly satisfied with the little chap. I don’t want people fooling about with it. ‘Leave it alone,’ I say. ‘Don’t touch it. I like it the way it is.’
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He took the bride about the neck and kissed her lips with such a clamorous smack that at the parting all the church did echo.
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I think every woman should have a one-night stand. If it's done right, it can be liberating.
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What excites me is the idea of doing a record that's pretty clean and focused on songs. I've rushed a lot with previous albums and there's not a rush now - it's not a race.
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My birthday is a day when all I want is to bask in the love of my family and rarely accept offers for concerts and shows if they are to be held on this day.
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Having sisters is the best. I have a different relationship with each of them. I go to Kim for fashion advice, Khloe is always boy and family advice, and Kourtney is like another mother to me.
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I turned to historical films because they pass censors more easily.
