Wong Kar-wai Quotes
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Sometimes it was difficult to make friends and be social in school because I was always practicing while other kids were getting together and doing things. But it just made me closer to my family, and I realized that they would always be there no matter what.
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I'm not a control freak.
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Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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I didn't go to school a lot.
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Every vote should carry a serial number, so that responsibility for harmful or careless use of the vote can be traced. Concealed voting should be outlawed.
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Stay away from drugs. They're not worth it. I've tried, but there's none of them that's worth it.
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There are many women with children under five who want to work and who lack affordable, high-quality child care.
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If I was on a march at the moment I would be saying to everyone: 'Be honest with each other. Admit there are limitless possibilities in relationships, and love as many people as you can in whatever way you want, and get rid of your inhibitions, and we'll all be happy.
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We have cultural expectations that everyone needs a dining room, yet they're only used three times a year. But if I put a bone handle on the door of an upper-end brick home, I'm making an outlandish statement.
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All love is unrequited. All of it.
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Network shows shoot so fast, so you kind of have to just go with your instinct.
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I am very concerned that federal and state air quality programs do not consider public health in regulating certain classes of industrial air emissions.
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A family can develop only with a loving woman as its center.
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It never became an obsession for me to score at all costs. I've always said that I'm not a big scorer, I'm a worker.
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I don't think policy makers surprise unnecessarily. You don't pick surprise as a part of your policy. Markets value a certain amount of predictability. But there are certain areas where surprise is a tool.
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Donald Trump wouldn't work on paper. Obnoxious, crass, boastful, and vulgar, with garish tastes and a Stepford wife - as a fictional character, he'd seem too crudely drawn. Even in a trashy airport thriller, readers wouldn't buy such a boor as president.
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There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
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I've been in many auditions thinking, 'God, do I have to take my shirt off?'
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I was always drawn to teachers who made class interesting. In high school, I enjoyed my American and English literature classes because my teachers, Jeanne Dorsey and Dani Barton, created an environment where interaction was important.
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I have no ax to grind. I was lucky. I played. How many guys play high school, college football never play pro football?
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I'm not coming from film school, I learned cinema in the cinema watching films.
