Ma Jian Quotes
I left Beijing in the late 1980s to live in Hong Kong because, having been blacklisted by the government, I couldn't publish my works on the mainland.
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I turned down a lot of films.
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When it comes to production and the overall sound, I don't really have a lot of intentions with it. I start off with melody and a lyrical idea, and then build off of that story.
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I'm such a happy, easygoing person.
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I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.
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During the civilisation and development process of more than 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has made an indelible contribution to the civilisation and advancement of mankind.
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It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
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Finish last in your league and they call you idiot. Finish last in medical school and they call you doctor.
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Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly.
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The production value of YouTube videos is not there.
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Water for People is a non-profit international organization that brings together communities, entrepreneurs, governments - people - to create solutions that empower people to maintain their own reliable water systems and sanitation.
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I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.
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I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
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We have much to be judged on when he comes, slums and battlefields and insane asylums, but these are the symptoms of our illness and the result of our failures in love.
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Shoes are important to me because I don't do much with my clothes.
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You've got to understand, people are motivated by fun. And they should be.
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On what can we now place our hopes of solving the many riddles which still exist as to the origin and composition of cosmic rays? It must be emphasized here above all that to attain really decisive progress greater funds must be made available.
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Pour a liquid out of its container, and it changes shape, fills the space you give it. If you give children a lot of space, it may surprise you where they'll go and the shape they'll take.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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If the church is to be missionary, she must be spiritual; and if the church is to be spiritual, she must be missionary.
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Irish readers, British readers, American readers: is it odd that I haven't a clue about how differently they react? Or better say, I cannot find the words to describe my hunch about them.
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It was not a fashionable place, but even among the pleasant people there, the girls made few friends, preferring to live for one another.
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We must learn to be self-reliant and independent of schools, courts, protection and patronage of a Government we seek to end, if it will not mend.
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Refusal to believe until proof is given is a rational position; denial of all outside of our own limited experience is absurd.
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I left Beijing in the late 1980s to live in Hong Kong because, having been blacklisted by the government, I couldn't publish my works on the mainland.
