Ma Jun Quotes
One thing most people would agree is that climate change would add further uncertainties to our already quite tight water supply situation in China.
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There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.
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We filmed one scene on the beach and there was definitely weird energy around, and we were followed around by a white owl to several different locations, and little things like that, or certain mishaps would happen and you'd have to wonder what that was about.
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The world needs some help.
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In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.
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I did not give my daughter the kind of childhood anybody would want. The vision of the divided loyalty between a mother and father who don't live together and don't share in decisions is a great depravation for children.
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I could have probably built a great career in management consulting, but one of the insights that I had early on is that just because you're good at something doesn't mean that you should continue to do it. Somewhere in my heart of hearts I knew it wasn't what I wanted to do.
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
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Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
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I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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Actors don't have real value.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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When we look around the world today, when we see in Afghanistan that 10 million people have registered to vote in their upcoming elections, including 40 percent of those people are women, that's just unbelievable.
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Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage.
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I believe that we should be able to marry whom ever we choose. As long as both people are willing... I say go for it!
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It's easier to rip somebody to shreds while you're making them laugh.
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Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.
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There is no evidence to show that prohibition has ever had its intended impact. Of course, just as banning beef has reduced beef consumption, banning alcohol will lead to reduced alcohol consumption. But, there appears to be little or no correlation between, say, domestic violence or household impoverishment and prohibition.
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The moment I moved to New York City to study fashion, I met and became friends with people not only involved in fashion but in all the arts. It's quite fluid with so many types of artists, designers, and musicians who know each other through collaborations or friends of friends.
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I am astonished but not discouraged by my enormous responsibility. Devoted both from affection and duty to the cause of the people, I shall combat with equal ardor aristocracy, despotism, and faction.
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I also believe that when people are going through difficult situations in life... it causes them to search a lot more. They search life and search their soul. When you’re searching, you’re suddenly a lot more open to the world around you, to the possibilities, to things you never thought about before. — When you’re happy, you don’t question the world so much. When you’re lost, you question everything. The very reason why it is so essential to human self-discovery
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One thing most people would agree is that climate change would add further uncertainties to our already quite tight water supply situation in China.
