Han Suyin Quotes
Many events seem to happen twice to me; even trifles, unimportant-seeming, recur, as if I were destined to live them again, time reconquered, but with added knowledge and a different outcome.
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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The utterly fallacious idea at the heart of the pro-war argument is that it is the duty of the anti-war argument to provide an alternative to war. The onus is on them to explain just cause.
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There is definitely a way in which women are raised to be less proactive, less business-oriented, and less willing to jump into creative no man's land. I think media has more of an influence on how we perceive gender identity than anything else.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.
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I played with Michy for Belgium. He is still young; he can finish and is very good. He just needs to adapt to English football, and he will. He is intelligent and a good player.
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Futurists wanted to suggest movement by means of a dynamic painting; Duchamp applies the notion of delay - or, rather, or analysis - to movement.
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'Love Letter' reminds me of 'Chocolate Factory' and 'Happy People.' It's a little bit of both of those, yeah. I just wanted it to be classy, man. And romantic. And maybe 10 percent sexy.
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If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.
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I remember, one day, I just printed out about a hundred CVs, and I was running around London. I was going to modeling agencies, temping agencies, anything. I was so desperate.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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I love working with a cast and a group of people every day, which is different than recording because you're usually pretty isolated and alone. They serve as a good balance for each other.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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People are losing the capacity to listen to words or follow ideas.
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I want medical experiments on animals stopped. They don't do anything, and they don't work.
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I came to America to make it my home, and I did.
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Alleviation of suffering is my fundamental principle.
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Music commands how we feel, dictates what we experience in our feelings.
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Self-control is needed in the age of technology. Folks have to apply their sense in reacting to different things. I don't appreciate perverse and venom-spewing mindset.
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I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!
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At a small company, so much of the trick is focus. Not only can you only do a finite number of things, but you have to do them in the right order.
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I mean we all played as kids. You play games, you take on different characters, you imitate; the fun and the love of play has never left me.
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Many events seem to happen twice to me; even trifles, unimportant-seeming, recur, as if I were destined to live them again, time reconquered, but with added knowledge and a different outcome.
