Xinran Quotes
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The Heat gave me an opportunity when nobody else wanted to.
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I am not a hereditary politician and do not have any substantial asset.
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I've had to be tough my whole life.
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Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.
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An intelligent hell would be better than a stupid paradise.
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Men are irrelevant.
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In cross-country skiing, athletes propel themselves over distances of ten and twenty miles - a physical challenge that places intense demands on the ability of their red blood cells to deliver oxygen to their muscles.
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I have the picture in my mind of how emotional I will feel if I win again.
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Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.
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Kadar died as a mass killer, and the Hungarian nation can't forget that.
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If you create a movie that is only character driven, with a weak plot, then you - as a director, you have to make sure you keep pushing the tempo.
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A film has to be for commercial success as well as earn you respect as an artist. You don't want to do only things that are designed to run commercially, and neither do you want to do things that get acclaim but don't run.
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I stickhandle a lot at practice. I watch a lot of hockey, so I try to either pick up something from other players or watch some video and see what kind of move would work in the same situation.
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My features I take from my father, but my spirit, my industry and perseverance I get from my Indian mother.
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I'm not attacking the idea that people live in conglomerations of houses in proximity to one another, sharing the same water mains and the same newspaper delivery boy and so forth. I'm not objecting to that. That could happen with or without homeownership.
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Except for the grace of God, I would be nobody - and that grace is the opposite of merit - human labour, education or human wisdom.
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I've never had friends, and I don't like to be around big groups of people.
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I have not spoken to him directly. Here's the reason. Because my experience is, when you talk to a guy like a BP CEO, he's gonna say all the right things to me. I'm not interested in words. I'm interested in actions.
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As the son of a union activist and a lifelong Democrat, I've always thought that privatizing our public schools is not the answer. We must strengthen public schools.
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And then I went round the corner and there's a Van Gogh portrait, and you just think, well, this is another level. A higher level, actually. I love the Sargent, but it's not the level of Van Gogh.
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I moved to Princeton, Indiana, and became a professional Farm Manager for that Princeton Farms.
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Everyone said how tormented directors can be. I've never enjoyed something so much in my life!
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The more you read, the more you want to know, and so the more questions you have.
