Guan Moye (Mo Yan) Quotes
A writer should bury his thoughts deep and convey them through the characters in his novel.
Quotes to Explore
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The tribal system from which the Celt never freed himself entirely was the curse of the Celtic race, predooming it to ruin.
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India should be an exporter of technology.
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I never believed I was the best fighter in the world.
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The state dinner is almost a formula, but you try to make it interesting. You try not to overload it with too many political types. You try to get a cross section.
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There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.
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I'm for anything that lets people come here to work legally. There are more protections for workers who are here legally than for those who are not. It's also safer for the workers and employers have a more consistent pool of workers.
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My preference is that, that day when someone sticks a tripod in front of you with a camera on the top, it is not day one.
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Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
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When I was in high school, in my generation, I thought that you got a logical, sensible job, or you got married.
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I want to reduce my risks as much as possible and hopefully be able to go to the World Cup fit, ready and healthy.
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I don't like violence.
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As a kid, before I could play music, I remember baseball being the one thing that could always make me happy.
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You're only as good as your last record and you could get dropped.
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During the day, I don't wear much makeup; I only put on makeup for the show.
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I have long been a supporter of The Princes Trust, and so when American Express asked me to launch Amex Be Inspired and help young people build their confidence and fulfil their potential, I was delighted to get involved.
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Certain words now in our knowledge we will not use again, and we will never forget them. We need them. Like the back of the picture.
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Time and space may separate us, but not the thoughts and memories that bind us.
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Adam and Eve derived the fullness of joy and bliss from their contemplation of all the animal creatures.
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'Sugar Cane Alley' had a lot of international success, big success everywhere.
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I can't bear the thought of my mother having to push me around in a wheelchair. I'd rather die quickly.
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I think, for the rest of my life, I shall refrain from looking up things. It is the most ravenous time-snatcher I know. You pull one book from the shelf, which carries a hint or a reference that sends you posthaste to another book, and that to successive others. It is incredible, the number of books you hopefully open and disappointedly close, only to take down another with the same result.
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A good comic explores the imagination, but it's always got to have those notes of truth running through it.
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A writer should bury his thoughts deep and convey them through the characters in his novel.
