Zhang Ziyi Quotes
We're still working out the details, but I'd be delighted to do the film. The problem at the moment is my busy schedule. Shooting on this film has been extended by a month, but I need to be in the U.S. by Dec. 20.
Quotes to Explore
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A new untruth is better than an old truth.
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I didn't grow up listening to The Smiths, but now I am a fan. I love his music and listened to so much of it for the film. It's not a regular biopic; they picked a part of his life that people don't really know about. You learn what informs his lyrics.
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As a child, I loved fairy tales because the story, the what-comes-next, is paramount. As an adult, I'm fascinated by their logic and illogic.
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We're going to lose more species, acidify the oceans more, do damage that it will take millions of years - if not longer - to unwind. Exactly how much damage will we do? How deep will those scars run? We don't know yet. But we will turn the ship.
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My biggest crisis is that I don't understand what young people like.
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What you need is one black dress I call Plan B. It doesn't have to be fabulous, it just looks good, covers up the problems and is neutral enough for dinner, business, a date, a funeral. You don't overwear it, you don't overwash it, because the Plan B is - gold.
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Fiji had experienced the ordeal of two military coups.
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I've never really done acting before, 'cause dancing was my first love. And then, I sort of fell into it from a talent competition and never really looked back.
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Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
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I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects that came my way.
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I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses.
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I learned my French through school. I was lucky in that the tutor on 'The Wonder Years' set spoke fluent French.
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Right, different generations come along, and discover the music, I think.
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If you are socially isolated, you are more vulnerable to stereotypes and myths; you won't have the opportunity to have conversations with someone who has a different social background than you.
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Focus on remedies, not faults.
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Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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Money is power. Power is an aphrodisiac.
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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
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I'm too busy looking for the next role to do. I think about how to continue, to survive in the same vein. I like my career and my life as it is.
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I've met Nelson Mandela a couple of times and it was an unbelievable experience on both occasions; the most amazing moment of my life.
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It is said that the world is in a state of bankruptcy, that the world owes the world more than the world can pay.
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Can a little speck in the vast universe truly address the Infinite? The answer is that Prayer is precisely what converts that little speck into an entity of inestimable and cosmic significance.
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We're still working out the details, but I'd be delighted to do the film. The problem at the moment is my busy schedule. Shooting on this film has been extended by a month, but I need to be in the U.S. by Dec. 20.
