Gao Xingjian Quotes
What is essential is whether it is perceived and not whether it exists. To exist and yet not to be perceived is the same as not exist.
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I tire of franchises, remakes, and endless sequels.
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I think people are too hard on the Pistols. The Pistols started the whole punk thing and never saw much money.
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The expectation was that 'True Confessions' would be my first published book, but that didn't happen. After it was rejected by every publisher in New York and Canada, I shoved it in a closet and went on to write and publish my next three books.
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Debate is healthy and no one in this chamber - starting with me - has a monopoly on being right.
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For years I've wanted to write about the Australian countryside, but, like most Australians, I've only got a tourist's knowledge of it. I thought that if I disobeyed that basic rule of writing - write about what you know - I'd write a thin and inauthentic book.
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It's not an easy task to match Charan. He is really a good dancer, and he comes straight to the sets without rehearsals.
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Let us take our children seriously! Everything else follows from this... only the best is good enough for a child.
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I'm just a worker.
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Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
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I would love to do something like Austin Powers to show off my comic timing.
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I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so petty.
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For those who have obtained unobstructed knowledge of Self, the world is seen merely as a bondage causing imagination.
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I hardly ever watch the news... I love reading newspapers, but I know they're dying out.
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I've been wanting to sing for a long time. I've been singing all my life, and I've tried different record companies, but it seemed like - it was such a struggle and so hard to get out there. So, I said, 'I'm gonna go on American Idol and see how far it takes me.'
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Mr. Reagan spent World War II, the global conflict fought and won by his generation, making training films in Hollywood.
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Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously.
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I'm not a tough boss in that I don't raise my voice, I don't freak out, and I don't have a temper most of the time.
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I'm very sad 'Life' wasn't a big hit, But it was undone by politics at NBC. It was intense. I moved my wife, and we had two children back to back. So working those hours and living abroad in L.A. was a handful. But it was a great experience.
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Jeremy Renner is an incredible actor.
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I was not a great bartender, but I did OK. I wasn't great at being efficient behind the bar, but I was pretty great at talking to people. I was a pretty good waiter. It was painstaking to get me to care about the clientele of some of these places I was working at.
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I love Steve Carell.
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I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.
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What is essential is whether it is perceived and not whether it exists. To exist and yet not to be perceived is the same as not exist.
