Zhang Ziyi Quotes
When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
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I like going after good material, well-written material.
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The Great War was a progressive revelation and disillusionment.
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In a lot of ways, I wasn't a normal teenager.
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I've actually done a lot of comedy.
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There's always merit to having a debate.
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As is well known, 'McCarthyism' was an alleged focus of political evil in the 1950s: Accusations of Communist taint, without factual basis; bogus lists of supposed Communists who never existed; failure in the end to produce even one provable Communist or Soviet agent, despite his myriad charges of subversion.
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My real passion is to make movies, to direct. It's good for my ego to be an actress. It's like someone is saying, 'Yes, you're beautiful! Yes, you're doing fine!' But I feel like a child when I'm an actress.
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Conor McGregor is a tough competitor. He proved throughout the years in the UFC that he can fight standing up.
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Eclecticism - every truth is so true that any truth must be false.
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There's nothing better than sinking into my feather pillows after a hard day's work.
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In North Africa they had the Arab with the gun and whip, but he could force people to do things ... and he accomplished a tremendous amount of extermination, but he certainly didn't advance that civilization very much.
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Thinking is more precious than all five senses.
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It constitutes a superhuman effort to lead any people in times of crisis. Without them, the changes would be impossible.
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
