Rinko Kikuchi Quotes
I've seen 'Babel' four times. And each time I realize anew what a monumental project that had been for me.
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There is such a thing as my kind of actor, and how well they pull off my dialogue is a very, very important part of it.
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It's a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.
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The growth model China has relied on for the last 30 years - one predicated on low-cost exports to the rest of the world and investment in resource intensive heavy manufacturing - is unlikely to serve it well in the next 30 years.
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Nocebos often cause a physical effect, but it's not a physically produced effect. What's the cause? In many cases, it's an unanswered question.
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I left Beijing in the late 1980s to live in Hong Kong because, having been blacklisted by the government, I couldn't publish my works on the mainland.
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Very few people have the guts to come up to you and say, 'Hey, are you gay?'
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It's a very violent game, and bodies take a beating, so you want to make sure you do everything you can to get your body back. It's just something you have to do.
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The way I look at it is everybody should have the right to get married, if they so choose.
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I basically say I'm on tour all the time, because one tour goes into the next.
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I believe in following opportunities.
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Nobody would let us do 'Crisis' again.
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You take a vacation to a place like Thailand and you're ready for the excitement of something new and foreign. But when you're working 14-hour days, all you want is something familiar to ground you. And there's just nothing there.
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Most of the available Indian films in Australia are Bollywood. I did not watch them. In my early days, I watched Satyajit Ray's 'Apu Trilogy,' which was a beautiful take on social realism.
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The Who quite possibly remain the greatest live band ever. Even the list-driven punk legend and music historian Johnny Ramone agreed with me on this.
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I love men's wear.
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Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens.
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I may have had a crush on Zac, but we are like brother and sister, so nothing would ever happen.
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Religious and spiritual leaders should be held accountable for environmental activism, not only because they have access to large communities and can influence votes, but because service is integral to religious and spiritual life.
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He said, 'From then on, I realized that I was not just abandoned. I was chosen. I was special.' And I think that's the key to understanding Steve Jobs.
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I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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I've always been very tied to language.
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People frequently fail when they try to do everything at once. They approach a massive project and quickly get discouraged. Taking small, but high-value steps takes less time, and you learn more in the long run.
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Fathers never have exactly the daughters they want because they invent a notion a them that the daughters have to conform to.
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I've seen 'Babel' four times. And each time I realize anew what a monumental project that had been for me.
