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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Physics is becoming too difficult for the physicists.
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He that cannot paint must grind the colors.
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Mostly, I would like people to ask other writers about the craft of their writing so we could learn from one another. We ask movie directors why they chose to use certain lights and angles and speeds of film, but most of the time, we ignore the craft of a writer.
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Khaddar does not displace a single cottage industry.
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I would love to direct one day. I value the relationship that I have with a director so much, and I would be really excited to be on the other end of that relationship.
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Men are different. When they are in love they may also have other girlfriends.
