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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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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Now along comes the potential creative destruction brought by a different distribution methodology, the Internet.
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The main distinction for fresh chillies is whether they are red or green, the difference being one of ripeness.
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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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The pattern of a newspaperman's life is like the plot of 'Black Beauty.' Sometimes he finds a kind master who gives him a dry stall and an occasional bran mash in the form of a Christmas bonus, sometimes he falls into the hands of a mean owner who drives him in spite of spavins and expects him to live on potato peelings.
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Yes, it's hard to write. But it's harder not to.
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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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Russia has done some serious damage to its otherwise-good reputation for security of supply. Europe is going to have to take a hard look at their exposure and whether there's a way to fix that.
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Who doesn't want to have a yacht? But I would prefer to invest my money in something else. But I love them. I just wouldn't buy one unless I had a lot, a lot of money.
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As murderous industrial magnates go, Alfred Nobel is right up there with Ray Kroc, franchiser of McDonald's.
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Just in terms of allocation of time resources, religion is not very efficient. There's a lot more I could be doing on a Sunday morning.
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Part of what I do, after feeling invisible for a long time, is make an effort not to be invisible any more.
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Body odour (known also as scent of the immortals) is a disgusting condition with an awful, nauseating smell.
