Ma Jian Quotes
In February of this year I returned to China to research my next book. The authorities know about the novels of mine that have been published in the west, including the latest one, Beijing Coma, about a student shot in Tiananmen Square, but so far have allowed me to return.
Quotes to Explore
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In Iraq we must succeed. Failure is not an option.
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The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death. He is not meant to live a life of religious ease, indolence and security. He must never imagine for a moment that he can sleep and doze along the way to heaven, like one traveling in an easy carriage.
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When my lady and I sit down and watch TV, I find she gets annoyed at characters because they don't do what she would do in the situation. I'm always like, 'Well, she has to do that because that's what the story is.'
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I'm a real common sense guy who caught a lot of good breaks and who has been very, very fortunate.
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To begin with, I don't have any stage fright.
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When I was little, I got into a little accident, and it gave me congenital glaucoma in both of my eyes.
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I've been on the campaign trail so long, some of my wine has turned to vinegar.
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I was always kind of florid. And full of rhetoric. That was my flaw. My whole time writing, I've had to work against that because it can be a wrecking posture.
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I don't like baseball movies. I like movies about moral courage and people who are indomitable and courageous and right.
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Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
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'Runaround Sue' was a big record for me, as well as the music video for it.
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And it just made me realize again because I have know it for some time, that you never get comfortable in this. No matter who you are. No matter who... how successful you are.
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I've always gone for the more sensitive, bookish guy, totally. The jock boys, the sporty guys, I don't know... they just didn't do it for me.
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All that political stuff Delano was doing. Me, I've gone off the top, into total fantasy.
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I'm all about a flat shoe. It takes a lot to get me into a heel!
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The sky is a free asset in design, and nothing unnecessary should be planted that takes away the sky.
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I think that being a producer is business and being an actor is art.
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Today in Saudi, women are either at the mercy of their husbands or at the mercy of judges who tend to side with the husbands. The only circumstance that a woman can ask for a divorce or a 'khali' is when her husband is in total agreement with her or if she comes from a very powerful family who decide to back her up.
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Certain songs like 'Enjoy the Silence' - to me, it always fits anywhere. There's something about that song that's really timeless, and I never get bored or feel like I have to muster something up.
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People is the name of the body, State of the spirit, of that ruling person that has hitherto suppressed me.
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There are always going to be times when it doesn't flow as much as you were hoping. So of course I'm going to fail. And when I do fail I hope I fail better and better, again and again. I am happy to fail.
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Every now and then I'll read a book, I'll be so proud of myself, I'll try and squeeze it into conversation. People will be like, "Hey Jim, how ya do-" "I read a book! Two hundred and fifty pages!" "That's great, what was it about?" "No idea! Took me three years!"
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In February of this year I returned to China to research my next book. The authorities know about the novels of mine that have been published in the west, including the latest one, Beijing Coma, about a student shot in Tiananmen Square, but so far have allowed me to return.
