Ma Jun Quotes
I tell them the rules are made by the government. Every firm should comply. It doesn't mean they can't compete.
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'Straight Outta Compton' is my first biopic, my first period piece, and I got a chance to kind of get out there like some of my idols, you know, like Scorsese, Spielberg, Spike Lee, the guys who came before me. You know, I'm feeling good about it.
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I'm a capitalist but one who is smallist and localist, and who favours businesses where owners are still in charge.
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I do have friends who make movies, but for the most part, I never really wanted to feel like I was part of an industry.
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I had amazing stuff happen right off the top. I thought this was how it worked. Hollywood is awesome! Cut to three years later: What happened?
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As a young actor, I found myself in all these movies at once, with two big trilogies and a Cameron Crowe film and working with Ridley Scott a couple of times.
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Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.
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My fear with Trump was always that he didn't have great solutions.
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For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
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If we can reduce the cost and improve the quality of medical technology through advances in nanotechnology, we can more widely address the medical conditions that are prevalent and reduce the level of human suffering.
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Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.
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I'm a fan of Bjork, a fan of Premier, you know, those are the first two names that come to my mind. You know, I've learned a lot from every person I've collaborated with, from Madlib to Jean Grae and Hi-Tek, to Mos to DJ Quik, to even somebody like Jermaine Dupri. I've taken something important away from every experience.
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People know I have a good time on stage. I love my life. I love my job.
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I'm very proud I'm Chinese and represent the Chinese community.
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I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films.
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I grew up in the indie world, and that's what I'm used to, but there's something really incredible about having money behind a film and having the time to do as many takes as you want.
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Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
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Money is power. Power is an aphrodisiac.
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I will not say anything about my father. Period. I don't have a dad.
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I think that the present is worth attention, one shouldn't sacrifice it to future conceptions of, of this future or that future.
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To invent out of knowledge means to produce inventions that are true. Every man should have a built-in automatic crap detector operating inside him. It also should have a manual drill and a crank handle in case the machine breaks down. If you're going to write, you have to find out what's bad for you. Part of that you learn fast, and then you learn what's good for you.
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Straight-forwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.
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...humans are not defined by their limitations, but by the intentions that I have for them; not by what they seem to be, but by everything it means to be created in my image.
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Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.
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I tell them the rules are made by the government. Every firm should comply. It doesn't mean they can't compete.
