Xu Zhimo Quotes
Drama as an art is quite unspeakable, although some old plays are admirable as a form of vulgar amusement.
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We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.
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I see no way out of the problems that organized religion and tribalism create other than humans just becoming more honest and fully aware of themselves.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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I believe in books that do not go to a ready-made public. I'm looking for readers I would like to make. To win them, to create readers rather than to give something that readers are expecting. That would bore me to death.
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We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?
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I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind.
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There are lots of antagonists in the 'Jane Yellowrock' series, but one stands out as uber-evil to me, and that is Lucas DeAllyon.
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I love diving into different skins, skins that make me feel deep emotions.
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If you eat something and get fat, you should be responsible for it. I think that is the attitude of the great majority of Americans, that you should be responsible for what you eat.
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I think there's plenty of evidence that we need to stop spewing so much carbon into the air, that we're contributing to climate change and that we ought to look for alternatives.
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At the end of the day, I am not my dad and have my own journey to make.
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They say making laws is like making sausages. You shouldn't watch. It's the same for acting, especially for the actor who works unconsciously.
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The ancient Greek view of happiness was really defined by leading a productive life: It's not about how much you have, it's about what you do with it.
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My whole working philosophy is that the only stable happiness for mankind is that it shall live married in blessed union to woman-kind - intimacy, physical and psychical between a man and his wife. I wish to add that my state of bliss is by no means perfect.
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It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret.
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On many accounts, Cornwall may be regarded as one of the most interesting counties of England, whether we regard it for its coast scenery, its products, or its antiquities.
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At times it is folly to hasten at other times, to delay. The wise do everything in its proper time.
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A woman should say: 'Have I made him happy? Is he satisfied? Does he love me more than he loved me before? Is he likely to go to bed with another woman?' If he does, then it's the wife's fault because she is not trying to make him happy.
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I do whatever is necessary in order to maintain the equanimity we all need to withstand the disappointment and rejection that are the lot of every writer, no matter where we are in our careers.
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Scientists are not movie stars or politicians who will feel insulted if they are not showered with accolades. Scientists are not interested in accolades.
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In our common parlance we speak of the man "with no tea" in him, when he is insusceptible to the serio-comic interests of the personal drama.
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My parents instilled a really good work ethic from when I was little - if you want to have money to spend on holidays, you earn it. So I've always been someone who wanted to be able to survive by myself, but I think you have to let down the barriers a little bit - let other people in.
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The fact is all lives matter. That includes black, and it includes white, and it includes everybody else. And we have... Democrats that are afraid to even say that.
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Drama as an art is quite unspeakable, although some old plays are admirable as a form of vulgar amusement.
