Godfrey Gao Quotes
Sometimes I read that I'm not 100 per cent Chinese, because I don't look all that Chinese. That's a strange one - I am Chinese.
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I'm very content.
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I can't understand artists that don't want to perform and, like, get on stage and do their songs for all their fans every night.
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Y'know what? This is what I go by: It doesn't matter how good-looking a guy is, it just depends on his personality. If a guy can make you laugh and make fun of you, then that's what would win me over. So, yeah.
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I was authorized to do everything that I did.
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You couldn't find a more stylized boxer than Sugar Ray Leonard.
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Innocence in genius, and candor in power, are both noble qualities.
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It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.
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Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the diversity of the body politic.
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People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.
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I make a lot of soups, and I love stews. My mother's a big foodie. She went to culinary school in New Orleans and has an oyster-artichoke soup recipe that has no cream in it but it tastes so creamy.
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The whole melodrama of the Middle East would be improved if amnesia were as common here as it is in melodramatic plots.
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You numb yourself so you're not terrified when you're on TV at 7 o'clock in the morning with Justin Bieber, who you just met a couple of days before, having to perform in front of millions of people.
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I never saw 'Titanic' as a springboard for bigger films or bigger pay cheques. I knew it could have been that, but I knew it would have destroyed me.
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What seems like a crazy idea today eventually grows. It's a 'with hindsight' thing. One day, someone will turn around and say, 'That was genius.'
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Having this other career in music made me work harder as an actress. It's made me more professional.
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How many times do I have to repeat this: my childhood was fantastic.
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I give up on spending time on these courts; I give up on practicing before the tournament I hate. I hate this.
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With reporting, if you work hard, you can usually pull something out. But writing humor doesn't respond to working hard, necessarily. I mean, you could just sit there and look at the page all day and maybe something will come.
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The amount of people who talk about guns, versus who actually uses them, is not even close in this millennium.
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When a man makes utensils out of a metal which has been thoroughly cleansed of dross, the utensils will be excellent. You monks, who wish to follow the Way, make your own hearts clean from the dirt of evil passion, and your conduct will be unimpeachable.
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I don't want to know what they think of me - there's always going to be someone who won't like it and that'll just upset me. So, if I'm happy with it, it just matters if I've done my little vision.
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Sometimes I read that I'm not 100 per cent Chinese, because I don't look all that Chinese. That's a strange one - I am Chinese.
