Zhang Ziyi Quotes
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I wouldn't be where I am without Evolve.
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I was a dispatcher, flat-tire fixer, changed the oil, fixed the fan belts. There was nothing too good for me.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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I'm kind of proud of myself. I've been able to keep a certain grace about me, even in the times of disgrace and craziness.
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Women I admired growing up - Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep - were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin. There are a lot of actresses who are unhealthy-skinny - much, much too skinny. You can't Pilates to that.
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I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving on even if I have a broken heart.
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I feel that after all those horrible reviews and jokes, I wasn't crazy all these years to stand up for the music I believe in. This album has proven that somewhere in the human race, the human heart is still racing and breaking and I am so grateful.
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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.
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When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.
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Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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I'm getting married because I'm in love with a girl and want to spend my life with her. You can't live your life doing what other people want you to or you'll be miserable. At some point you just have to be yourself.
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Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.
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As the great grandchildren of the industrial revolution, we have learned, at last, that the heedless pursuit of more is unsustainable and, ultimately, unfulfilling. Our planet, our security, our sense of equanimity and our very souls demand something better, something different.
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There's always the ongoing actor frustration of finding the great role to do next. I don't go to work a lot. I wait as long as I can until the money runs out or a great part comes along.
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The notion of self-care for people who have hundreds of millions of dollars, it doesn't seem like a radical thing.
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For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
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The loyalty, well held to fools, does make Our faith mere folly.
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I love fashion and there is no easier way to express yourself than through the clothes you wear.
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When I was younger, I'd go to the Museum of Television and Radio in New York and watch this beautiful clip of Billie Holiday playing with a bassist, a pianist and Gerry Mulligan, who was a friend of mine, on baritone sax. At one point, she looks over at Gerry, and they just smile. When those moments happen, it's just lovely.
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A soul which knows that it is loved, but does not itself love, betrays its sediment: its dregs come up.
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I find it extremely difficult talking about my songs because there's so many different things that can make a song come together.
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Men are different. When they are in love they may also have other girlfriends.
