Guan Moye (Mo Yan) Quotes
I think writers write for their consciences, they write for their own true audiences, for their souls.
Quotes to Explore
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Some people change when they think they're a star or something.
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When I see a movie with someone it's kind of uncomfortable.
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I'm a dedicated Republican and a proud party man.
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'Entity' is not about science. The process behind it may dictate the nature of the piece, but it's not like a dance about Einstein where I'm trying to convert his ideas into movement and communicate that to an audience.
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I've laid my friends bare.
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I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.
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I'm the character actor in Hollywood movies, the girl who has to be annoying so the guy can go to the other girl.
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I've got a serious-looking head.
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I have faith in faith. God is there, whether we have faith or not, so why not have faith in him?
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It seems always to have been difficult to have been a New York Philharmonic conductor because of the nature of New York. We are in direct competition with the great orchestras in the world who come to play in our hall or in Carnegie, and we are constantly compared. I think that 's a good thing.
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Welcome those big, sticky, complicated problems. In them are your most powerful opportunities.
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I'm dyslexic, I have attention-deficit disorder, and I've got something like a hereditary tremor.
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I go for drives in the Flint Hills, which is the setting for 'The Virgin of Small Plains'.
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Kansas is great - and great for America, when, more and more, we honor every human life everywhere.
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What's the use of making mysteries? It only makes people want to nose 'em out.
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There is no philosophy which is not founded upon knowledge of the phenomena, but to get any profit from this knowledge it is absolutely necessary to be a mathematician.
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If you can serve everyone who visits you, you must be doing well in business.
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I'll risk forty dollars that he can outjump any frog in Calaveras county.
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I like to accentuate the feminine form, so I'm a big fan of corsets. A woman's body is beautiful and should be shown off and celebrated. I love a simple and elegant dress that highlights my waist.
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You exist without the feeling of existence.
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Each of our passions, even love, has a stomach that must not be overloaded. We must in everything write the word 'finis' in time; we must restrain ourselves, when it becomes urgent; we must draw the bolt on the appetite, play a fantasia on the violin, then break the strings with our own hand. The Wise man is he who knows when and how to stop.
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Real poetry, is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.
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I think writers write for their consciences, they write for their own true audiences, for their souls.
