Alex Tan Quotes
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Surreal fiction is a sophisticated art form. Events happen divorced from conventional logic, as events in a dream may happen. But unlike dreams, everything in the story contributes to an overall coherent point, impression or emotion.
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Mountains are earth's undecaying monuments.
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Nature can do more than physicians.
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I had dreams of winning Olivier Awards.
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I just want to be myself and go for my own dreams and goals.
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I've been writing fiction probably since I was about 6 years old, so it's something that is second nature to me now. I just sit down and start writing. I don't sit down and start writing and it comes out perfectly - it's a process.
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We glorify the Holy Ghost together with the Father and the Son, from the conviction that He is not separated from the Divine Nature; for that which is foreign by nature does not share in the same honors.
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Californians are blessed with the remarkable leadership of Gov. Jerry Brown, who... has led our state to firm fiscal footing and brought us to the enviable position of dreaming - and achieving - big dreams again.
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By its very nature, hard-line ideology is self-serving and self-perpetuating; its primary goal is to survive - and that precludes everything.
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I believe our legacy will be defined by the accomplishments and fearless nature by which our daughters and sons take on the global challenges we face. I also wonder if perhaps the most lasting expression of one's humility lies in our ability to foster and mentor our children.
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The nature of things is dharma.
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When violence becomes imbedded in a region, then this affects everything. It affects your dreams, your fantasies and relationships, and your religion becomes violent, too.
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Divorced from the cosmos, from nature, from society and from each other, we have become fractured and fragmented.
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My inspiration comes from the common man and nature.
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Politicians aren't special. They lie the same way we all do, revealing their true nature under pressure.
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Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.
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The nature of a democracy consists to an important degree in the right of the people to criticize problems and mistakes.
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Nature is the difference between the soul and God.
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We decry violence all the time in this country, but look at our history. We were born in a violent revolution, and we've been in wars ever since. We're not a pacific people.
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Upper education used to open doors. Not so true anymore. The degree used to be a screening tool, but that is falling by the wayside as there are a glut of college grads on the market.
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Records don't have to be perfect.
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Figuring out women is harder than topping a ManPro Quiz.
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What nature of being are we that even our dreams can be compromised?
