Liu Xiaobo Quotes
I have viewed the West as if it were not only the salvation of China but also the natural and ultimate destination of all humanity.
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With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.
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People idealize or reminisce about their 20s, but nobody tells you beforehand that it's hard and unglamorous and often very unpleasant.
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I like 'MacNeil/Lehrer.'
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There was a president imposed by Syria. Our battle... is to have a Lebanese president that we elect.
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I would describe my sound as classic Motown.
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Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
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The story of technology seems to go up and then retract into simplicity again.
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When I go to a restaurant, yeah, I know that a line is probably going to form in front of the table, but didn't I always wish for that? Yeah, I did.
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Only when the sense of the pain of others begins does man begin.
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When I arrive at my destination, I like to hit the gym, as I find exercise helps combat jet lag.
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To demonstrate this simultaneity is by no means trivial, because it may for example happen that the product nucleus always forms in an activated state at first.
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A few years ago, there were requests to me, Can we make this? I said that I have no rights. Contact the Hitchcock estate, which won't release it for a remake.
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I am a feminist and I have no problems being called that.
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The trouble with photographing beautiful women is that you never get into the dark room until after they've gone.
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I think it's good to have pressure on yourself. The worst crime is to get kind of really complacent.
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Virtue is reason which has become energy.
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Fairytales work on two levels. On a conscious level, they are stories of true love and triumph and overcoming difficult odds and so are pleasurable to read. But they work on a deeper and symbolic level in that they play out our universal psychological dramas and hidden desires and fears.
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Managing to tell a story is very gratifying.
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Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
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Man's inhumanity to man is as old as humanity itself. Some people just do evil things. Most do not. A billion people have seen 'Batman' movies over the past 20 years, and they have been entertained and inspired. One man saw it as a sick entry point for mass murder. The one is tragic. The billion are not. I choose to write for the billion.
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[My vision is] To make the world work for 100% of humanity in the shortest possible time through spontaneous cooperation without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone.
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Of all the things you choose in life, you don't get to choose what your nightmares are. You don't pick them; they pick you.
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If there be fuel prepared, it is hard to tell whence the spark shall come that shall set it on fire.
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I have viewed the West as if it were not only the salvation of China but also the natural and ultimate destination of all humanity.
