Gao Xingjian Quotes
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To be honest, I am very worried about the possibility of the U.K. leaving the E.U. But of course, like in the case of Catalonia, we have to respect the right to decide of the British people on a relationship that part of the Brits consider is not satisfying enough.
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Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open.
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I just didn't realize how powerful 'CHiPs' was.
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The best part of being blonde is forgivable momentary lapses of common sense.
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I'm part Cuban, so anything with a good beat like Rumberos de Cuba gets me going.
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My life has been a dream. If someone had to write a story about it, it would seem a little unreal. It's the kind of story I would read and say, 'Nah, that's not possible.'
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One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good.
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I work in a business of extremes, so when you are with someone who is very calm and logical, it's a great kind of balance to have.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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Husbands and wives, first be faithful to each other. Second, keep the romance going all of your life by courting each other every day.
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
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Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.
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I am a born-again atheist, so there isn't going to be a funeral. I will be buried in a linen wrap in a cardboard coffin in my forest with an oak tree planted on my head.
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Most reporters are so transactional rather than strategic.
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There's no one who has been living for centuries.
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Two records put me over the top with hip-hop. One of them was 'Planet Rock,' and the other had no lyrics – it was called 'Numbers,' from a group called Kraftwerk. Every kid in the 'hood in New York and New Jersey was popping, locking, and breaking to that record. It was the hottest track on the street at the time.
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Gazing at the rain, I consider what it means to belong, to become part of something. To have someone cry for me.
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I feel I have a political duty to reach out to the general public. I want to make films that the people want to see. So if the people want to see Johnny Depp or Tom Cruise, then it is really my job to incorporate them into my films.
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I'm working in a form of cinema that can be described, and has been described, as a diaristic form of cinema. In other words, with material from my own life. I walk through life with my camera, and occasionally I film. I never think about scripts, never think about films, making films.
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Life is probably a tangle of love and hate permanently knotted together.
