Gao Xingjian Quotes
It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.
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I realized that women's liberation is men's liberation, too.
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You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.
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I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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Because with Black Label and all the fans it's just one big family.
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If I'm daring at all, I guess it would be emotionally. I try to keep things interesting for myself and to do things that challenge me.
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The electroencephalogram represents a continuous curve with continuous oscillations in which... one can distinguish larger first order waves with an average duration of 90 milliseconds and smaller second order waves of an average duration of 35 milliseconds.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
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TV, film, and theater are considered art, and art is a reflection of life. What happens in life includes violence, unfortunately.
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You're going to have some ups and downs, so you have to prepare yourself to be ready. Those down moments come.
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Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.
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I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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Problems will disappear as darkness disappears with the onset of light.
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I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.
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I'm appreciative of things going wrong. At first it sounds crazy, but how boring would life be if you just coasted along without any challenges? Without learning about who you really are through the process of going through the darker times? Without feeling the sense of elation when you reach even a small stepping stone?
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I think most people have no idea about what religious freedom means.
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Before 'Schindler's List,' I wouldn't have believed movies had a lot of power for social change.
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... While nervous tension may be a component of stress, one can be stressed without feeling tension.
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I thought I understood the story very well, because I've lived with it for so long. But movies change and take on a life of their own once they start to be made, and you have to keep your eye on the real ball, not the ball that's in your head.
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It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.
