Gao Xingjian Quotes
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It takes a great man to be a good listener.
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I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.
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I wouldn't want to be remembered as the guy who contaminated a perfectly legitimate form of protest art with money and celebrities.
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If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing.
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Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don't think one should ever feel like attempting a kind of artistic endeavor is beyond your scope just because of age or inexperience.
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My mom is incredibly stylish, and she gets it from my grandmother. I feel like I can't live up to how chic they are as women. They are great role models for aging gracefully, and that's a thing that is very key that I try to always emulate.
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One good thing is I was instilled with really good values. My mom treats everyone the same.
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Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
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I've never bought this idea of taking a therapeutic distance. If I see a student or house staff cry, I take great faith in that. That's a great person; they're going to be a great doctor.
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It's not just that individuals have lost faith in the integrity of their leaders, it's that they no longer believe society's most powerful institutions are acting in their interests.
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I am a very reserved person and have very few friends in the industry, while most of my close ones are from school and college.
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You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.
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Sometimes I listen to music and I wonder how did they get certain sounds.
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You don't have to be gay to be attracted to your friend.
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The amygdala plays a crucial role in processing fear, and minus her two amygdalae, S.M. became unflappable. Studies of her are actually a hoot to read, since they basically consist of scientists concocting ever-more-elaborate ways of trying to scare her.
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I like to wear tight jeans. Most of my stuff is pretty slim fit.
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I think sometimes good sentimentality is fun when it's balanced.
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I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing Jean Luc Picard because it was one of the things that he does terrifically well.
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I had a good loud voice and I wasn't afraid to be goofy or zany.
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I've been trying to write for as long as I can remember. But those first fifteen years didn't produce much of great interest. I mean, it embarrasses me very much to look back on my early poems--very few lines of any merit at all and lots of affectation. But there were quite a lot of them. That's a point in one's favor.
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Success makes you less intimidated by things.
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I want to write a novel so profound that it would suffocate a fly.
