Zhang Yimou Quotes
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Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show how clever we are.
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
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My folks were drunks, and I had a rough childhood - really rough - in fact, rougher than I thought about.
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I just want to live on the road. I can't understand artists that don't want to perform and, like, get on stage and do their songs for all their fans every night. If I'm not performing every night, I get totally depressed. I know that sounds really weird, but I hate sitting at home and not having a 1 A.M. performance now. It kills me.
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My father really told me, seriously, if you want something, you can have it, but you may have to work harder than anyone else around you.
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I felt I had to solve everyone's problems.
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In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.
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My dad's one of the funniest men in the world. I grew up with him making me laugh so much I'd beg him to stop.
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I hope I can compete in one or two Olympics in my career. Of course I would like to win a medal, but just being there would be awesome.
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Generally, I get bad reviews in Turkey.
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Toronto Film Festival is one of those festivals where there are 400 movies, and unless you have a distributor who is super confident and puts a lot of money into it, sometimes movies can go unwatched or unnoticed.
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Flag desecration is not a constitutional issue for the courts. It is a political one that belongs to the people.
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You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.
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I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation.
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I enjoy hiking and skiing, like most Norwegians. In winter, there will be snow for months on end. In the summer, there are the long evenings to enjoy.
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I don't know if you can catch my vibe, but I'm a pretty laid-back guy.
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I can hang out with all my boyfriend's friends. I know how to roll with the guys.
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Charter opponents often try to delegitimize strong testing results like those in Boston by attributing them to excessive test prep - as New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio did recently.
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I have tried therapy a couple of times, but it hasn't worked.
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At last, someone came to tell me I'd been selected as commissioner, which gave rise to the line that I took the job with clean hands. I was then taken downstairs to a press conference, and the reporters were as surprised as I was.
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More is spent in a single month [in the U.S.] fighting the war on drugs than all monies ever expended domestically or internationally fighting slavery from its inception. Per month, we spend more on the drug war than we ever have trying to free slaves.
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Obviously, I am a huge Matt Morrison fan, and I am a big Lea Michele fan because I know those guys from way back.
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I guess I'll go to my grave as the Dodger, but at least I've made my mark on show-business history.
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I am a fan of wuxia.
