Guan Moye (Mo Yan) Quotes
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Do I want to write a musical? No. I like to do musicals.
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I look at my people, and I look at those who control them - the political elite. And the sad thing is that the elites are just not interested in the welfare of the people.
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
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I carry an umbrella when I am outdoors and always wear sunscreen, even when I am sitting in front of a computer screen! I never touch coffee or other caffeinated drinks.
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I'm interested in flawed protagonists. I was raised on them.
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I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring.
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War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.
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I don't judge my characters.
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It is totally unacceptable that there are countries with no paediatric cardiac surgeries.
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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And by endlessly sanitizing our feelings, we actually feed a disgruntled nation.
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For me it's the high-water mark of American culture - not so much contemporary jazz, which has become kind of academic, but the jazz from the '20s on through the '70s.
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If you're in a conversation with me, the last thing I'll probably say when I'm walking away is, 'Thank you and sorry.'
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I want to be a great player. I don't want to play for the money. I don't want to play for fame. I'd just as soon no one knew who I was. I want to play football because it's football.
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As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.
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How do you live with evil? Art is traditionally - certainly with my secular background - the answer, but art is very self-referential, whereas religion claims to go beyond the bounds of human existence.
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I haven't seen it this busy since I've been an IndyCar driver. So I think that's a great kind of thing that's happening for the IndyCar Series, in general, right now. But it's an event that I'm very proud to be part of. I love it. I can't wait to come back next year.
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Jasmine is just the most delicate and beautiful scent.
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Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.
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I'm not easily inhibited by the fact that I don't know something about a subject. It doesn't stop me from dabbling in it.
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On the monetization front, our strengthening leadership in internet user base and broadening reach of our platform have already positioned us as a must-buy platform in online video for brand advertisers to reach a nationwide audience within China.
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The only international language in the world is a child's cry.
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I played one game, and one game played me.
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No person writes to win awards.
