Wang Jianlin Quotes
China is a government-oriented economy. No one can say he can run his business entirely without government connections. Anybody who says that he or she can do things alone... is a hypocrite.
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I consider myself a blue-collar actor, just chugging away.
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Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary trends. It's a certain kind of academic who undervalues realism, largely because it is not amenable to endless exegesis.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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I have one friend that I've had since I was born, and she's from Coatzacoalcos. She's not really impressed or interested in the actor's life. My family isn't really either.
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I don't pay attention to the media. You guys can say whatever you want. At the end of the day, at the end of the season, if we're doing well, you guys are going to be there.
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I am filled with uncertainty and fear when thinking about how my two daughters will grow into this world as Hoosiers, as Americans, as women and free thinkers.
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I like talking to priests, to Catholics. Everyone has their beliefs.
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Money is power. Power is an aphrodisiac.
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One of the saddest things about publishing is how quickly it ages what it touches. The frenzy involved in getting books on shelves, and in putting the word out that they're there, moves at a speed that is not the speed of writing, let alone of reading.
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The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.
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When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that one experience is greater than another, because all of your experiences take you through life on this journey.
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My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.
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It has been extraordinary, wonderful, I've been three feet off the ground since I made that first record.
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All I can say is, I don't talk about the personal stuff. It's the one thing you can keep to yourself. At least you try to.
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I want to see as many movies as I can and I covet a lot of weird influential movies.
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A man with a million dollars can be as happy nowadays as though he were rich.
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Of course I wanted children. Bright, gorgeous, loving children. I could almost see them.
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I want to produce the music to a movie that I'm working on, like what Prince did with 'Purple Rain.'
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What we have found is that we were the principal mediators in many cases between the Iraqis and their own security forces and their own government, and so you have to almost embrace that role.
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I hope people will like my novels after I'm dead. And I hope my children think about me in good ways, by and large.
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I've always showed up. If I got paid.
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I dress women the way I see them and the way I envision them from day one, thus my customer knows that what she is looking for she will get.
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China is a government-oriented economy. No one can say he can run his business entirely without government connections. Anybody who says that he or she can do things alone... is a hypocrite.
