Xiaolu Guo Quotes
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Unless technology itself is drastically repressed, the idea of the dystopian monoculture like Orwell's 1984 gets harder to believe. But the danger of a solipsistic society will grow, of a disconnected society of mirror-watchers and navel-gazers.
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The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs.
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The Baltic Sea is becoming more and more polluted. Not everybody living near the shore of the Baltic Sea is protecting it. It is the water of life for countries like Finland and Sweden.
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At the end of the day, my life isn't about other people's work. I've got to stop giving stuff away. I've got my own stories to tell, and a great need to tell them. I've got these images, these thoughts in my head, and I need to find a way to cope with them.
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After all my probing into the human brain, I should still be aware of mysteries and come up with them myself.
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In the age of television, image becomes more important than substance.
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The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.
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I'd date a fan as long as she didn't scream in my face.
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I get the lyrics of a tune and interpret them my way.
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That's one of the things I love about being a songwriter first, last and always, because whether I do it or not, if someone does a great job on it, my work is done.
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We are committed to meeting the needs of our communities and feel it's time to implement a new system that allows patients to receive treatment at the closest hospital.
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A generous person may not have wisdom: but, unlike others, he has the means to gain it.
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Laughter was the shape the darkness took around the first appearance of the light.
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Words cut through my skin, tears roll down my chin
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So now the devil's in my soul.
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I hate working out - I have to mentally push myself through it. I can get very whiny, saying things like, 'I can't do it!'
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All the marvels of nature are glimpses of His divine power and expressions of His love.
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Rafael Chaves called me, but not Hugo Chavez.
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I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.
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I don't know. I just feel stuck, like I'm afraid to take any steps, in case they're the wrong ones.
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...An honest conversation with anyone is a form of praying.
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Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently between both, more bewitching than either.
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I don't feel naked around you anymore.
