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 decide immediately if I like a person and if I do, then I'm myself, and if I don't, then I give nothing.
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I feel like, with an album, that's how you get to know an artist.
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To be more childlike, you don't have to give up being an adult. The fully integrated person is capable of being both an adult and a child simultaneously. Recapture the childlike feelings of wide-eyed excitement, spontaneous appreciation, cutting loose, and being full of awe and wonder at this magnificent universe.
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Everyone is going to die.
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I'm a long distance runner, and I get my best ideas when I'm out running. It also helps that I can't write it down immediately - if you hold onto an idea, other things will stick on it.
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I think there are a few brands like Nike and Patagonia which are quite progressively minded.
