Guan Moye (Mo Yan) Quotes
Some may want to shout on the street, but we should tolerate those who hide in their rooms and use literature to voice their opinions.
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I remember having to take detours around the Hollywood sign to avoid having to see this grotesque poster of myself on Sunset Boulevard.
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On right-to-life, see the Republicans flee from Todd Akin, who committed a gaffe while restating his support for what has been a plank of the Republican platform since 1980.
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I'm here today because I hated everything else.
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I hardly ever stretch the canvas before painting.
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I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head.
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I always make my favorite pancakes with milk, and I also add some fruit - like a banana or apple with some cinnamon sprinkled on top. I also sometimes put peanut butter on my pancakes!
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Women are, in my view, natural peacemakers. As givers and nurturers of life, through their focus on human relationships and their engagement with the demanding work of raising children and protecting family life, they develop a deep sense of empathy that cuts through to underlying human realities.
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It's like a painter with various layers of paint. I start with a drum loop and add keyboards, and then melodies start to take shape. The vocals happen later. I've never really done therapy before, but it's a form of therapy. Everything else falls away.
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A true yogi may remain dutifully in the world; there, he is like butter on water and not like the easily-diluted milk of unchurned and undisciplined humanity.
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I completely agree with feeling the need for or the benefits of being pushed and of being directed on a project and collaborating.
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In the future, when people look back at the early days of Bitcoin, they'll say, 'It was so obvious that the ability to move money anywhere, instantly, at near-zero cost would be a huge success.
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I think a lot of people just aren't aware how young you can be and be diagnosed with breast cancer.
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I like to say there's certain things you can't take back: One of them is 'I love you,' and one of them is bullets.
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Writing can be a very isolating profession. By its very nature, you spend a lot of your time barricaded in your house or office, typing on your own.
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On the whole, actors shout when they don't know what they're doing, trying to make an impact.
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I drive a big Dodge truck. I drive American cars.
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One of my friends went on a murder weekend... now he is doing life for it.
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I did kindergarten twice because I was so shy.
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I'm not sure many writers are trying to reconcile all the things that are separated in our culture - body and mind, urban and pastoral, lyricism and hardboiled, men and women, joy and grief. I tried to do quite a lot, but I wanted to create a serious work of literature.
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I like my hands. They do most of the talking.
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Basic fact of life: no matter how far you run, you always take yourself with you.
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Art, as I see it, is any human activity which doesn’t grow out of either of our species’ two basic instincts: survival and reproduction.
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The desire that guides me in all I do is the desire to harness the forces of nature to the service of mankind.
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Some may want to shout on the street, but we should tolerate those who hide in their rooms and use literature to voice their opinions.
