Gao Xingjian Quotes
Body odour (known also as scent of the immortals) is a disgusting condition with an awful, nauseating smell.
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I always try to see the good in everything, and that gives me strength. Even when I lost in the London Olympics quarterfinals, I said to myself, 'Don't lose heart, God has his own plans.' Actually, life just goes on; you have to accept whatever challenge you face and become stronger.
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My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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I really tend to write in retrospect.
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I don't like getting out when I could be painting. And when I'm painting, I don't want anybody else around.
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Radio is for driving.
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My friends and I were wild and we liked to joy-ride.
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They're not poodles, they're art.
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Now along comes the potential creative destruction brought by a different distribution methodology, the Internet.
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I think one of the primary themes in my work is the paradox of memory, at once fundamental to our sense of who we are and yet elusive, ever-changing, fragmentary. One way to look at this is to say that, therefore, we ourselves are elusive, ever-changing and fragmentary to ourselves.
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For me, the greatest thing a movie can do is rivet you while you're watching but also give you something to chew on for days and weeks after you've seen it.
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I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.
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To write a love song that might be able to make it on the radio, that is something that is terrifying to me. But I can definitely write a song about that chair over there. That I can do, but to sit and write a pop song out of the clear blue sky, that is very difficult and I admire the people that can do it.
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I haven't written about an immigrant experience because I haven't experienced that before and am focused on existential themes.
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'Last Man Standing' is overall a lot of comedy. And I love doing that.
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We're certainly interested in maximizing our return and doing it - we're interested in maximizing our return, but we're also interested in doing it over a long period of time and in doing it in a way that never endangers the firm from a survivability standpoint.
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Our church has been legal since late 1960s. I've been involved since 1972. I was ordained in 1975.
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I write slowly.
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Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.
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I just tell you what I feel. I go out there, you put a quarter on my tongue, twist my ear and I'll spit out some hit for you.
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I like to dress up and look nice. I'm not quite at the stage yet financially to do that too often, but it's nice to push the boat out a little bit for award ceremonies and stuff.
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Body odour (known also as scent of the immortals) is a disgusting condition with an awful, nauseating smell.
