Ha Jin Quotes
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Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we - kids and grown-ups - all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator.
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Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.
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I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable about what they are saying; and then there is another category of people who would criticise you anyway, whether your work is good or bad.
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I make a lot of money and I'm worth every cent.
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I had Hallowe'en parties every year, as it was my birthday five days before. My parents would actually put prosthetic noses on, and my dad would wear a top-hat and tails, put on a fake curly moustache, and hold a pipe.
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Yeah, I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.
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The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by techno science.
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Playing further up the pitch, you have more opportunities to score and provide assists, and it's something I liked right from the start.
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I'm very intolerant and I get fed up with people easily.
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The beautiful thing about theater is every night is an opportunity to incorporate what you discovered the night before.
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Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.
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Once I'm working on something, I don't do anything else. I'm mono-track.
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You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a so-called literary type that occasionally sold a story and meanwhile worked in an office for a living.
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Never quit. It is the easiest cop-out in the world. Set a goal and don't quit until you attain it. When you do attain it, set another goal, and don't quit until you reach it. Never quit.
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I prefer recording drums in the analog format, but that does not mean I would only do it that way.
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To grow, people need to be challenged.
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The Conservatives are a confusing lot. They first denied climate change was a serious issue and then suggested strengthening the nuclear industry as a solution to it. They oppose the European Union, but support joining North American Free Trade Agreement, despite its obvious failure.
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In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.
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I'm a New Yorker, and working in New York was divine for me. I loved working there and going to work there, which I've been able to do three or four times in my career, and I just love it. It's my favorite.
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I feel very strongly when there's no chance for me to find a key to a piece.
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I'm not much for setup... punch line. I talk about my kids. I talk about my wife.
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There's no telling from poem to poem where this brilliant 'conversation' about maleness and gender will lead---there are poems about husbands and wives, parents and children, Elvis, Apollo, Walt Whitman, rhythms of its politics. Manthology is a remarkably honest and enormously heartening collection.
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Every summer Lin Kong returned to Goose Village to divorce his wife, Shuyu.
