Ma Jun Quotes
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I think of other artists as generous when I get inspired by their work. That's why I like curating. You don't want to take someone else's art and have your way with it. You've got to be respectful of them.
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In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions.
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I think the older I get the more creative I get, I don't have the distractions that I had when I was younger.
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I think the National League has better biorhythms in July.
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I haven't got a waist. I've just got a sort of place, a bit like an unmarked level crossing.
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No, I don't think my generation got into this dinosaur thing.
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A fair question could be posed in this fashion: If people are not obeying existing laws, what makes us think they would obey any new laws?
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I really like performing for people.
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I think it's a mistake to try to pin down one particular reason for a person's personality. Don't we all, for many reasons, act differently in different circumstances and with different people?
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I think the mental victory is worth it as much as a gold medal.
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When I was a young boy, I was obsessed with skulls and mummies and things like that.
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I think the three Mexican directors - Alejandro Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, Guillermo del Toro - gave all of us foreign, and particularly Latino, directors a big break.
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I think that I have self esteem issues, really. If you really analyse it... People who really like me I have no interest in. The unattainable is always that I want to attain.
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I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.
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Growing up, there were no families on TV that looked like mine.
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I've repeatedly voted for sanctions against Iran. And I think all options should be on the table to prevent them from having nuclear weapons.
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Most things I get hired on, I get hired because I improvise something funny, or they just think I look weird.
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Everything I record, I just try to sound like me and come up with songs that suit what I do and then just go for it. I never know what the public's going to like, anyway.
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I didn't really like being on television at all.
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How can a man know himself? He is a thing dark and veiled; and if the hare has seven skins, man can slough off seventy times seven and still not be able to say: "this is really you, this is no longer outer shell.
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One thing I've learned is that I'm not the owner of my talent; I'm the manager of it.
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We have to help young people, because at the end of the day, we won't have an economy if we don't have them.
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The nude scenes were a little eerie and I felt a bit odd. Yeah, when the camera scanned up my body, I said to my friend, 'Now, that's a close-up.' I mean, you see every inch of my body. But I'm okay with it and so it was cool.
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I think there are a few brands like Nike and Patagonia which are quite progressively minded.
