Wang Jianlin Quotes
The future of the world's film industry is in China because we have 1.3 billion people.
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
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I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.
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'Longmire' is more of a show about the characters, and you couldn't pay a bigger compliment than to want to know more about my character, or the characters on the show.
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I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.
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We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.
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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
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Americans should be wary of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt but not scared of them.
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I'm a nationalist. I'm a patriot. Nothing is wrong. I'm a born Hindu. Nothing is wrong. So, I'm a Hindu nationalist, so yes, you can say I'm a Hindu nationalist because I am a born Hindu, I'm patriotic, so nothing is wrong in it.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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I am the father of twin sons that were born in Philadelphia at Pennsylvania Hospital in 1983. They were 13 weeks premature. Gerry weighed 1 pound 14 ounces, and Zachary 1 pound 11 ounces. They were the first male twins to ever survive at Pennsylvania Hospital.
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Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.
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If you do not love yourself, well, you cannot do anything well, that's my philosophy.
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A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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I have 'To Kill A Mockingbird' signed by Harper Lee. That is my prized possession.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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If you look at Indian movies, every time they wanted an exotic locale, they would have a dance number in Kashmir. Kashmir was India's fairyland. Indians went there because in a hot country you go to a cold place. People would be entranced by the sight of snow.
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My very, very first moment on set on 'Lord of the Rings' in 2000 was me in a lycra suit, six and a half thousand feet up on a mountain in New Zealand, standing in front of 250 crew who were all wondering what I was doing - myself included.
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Mankind owns four things that are no good at sea: rudder, anchor, oars and the fear of going down.
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So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, those who promote conflict rather than the co-operation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity. This cycle of suspicion and discord must end.
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But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer.
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The future of the world's film industry is in China because we have 1.3 billion people.
