Chang Chen-yue Quotes
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The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open - this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.
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I did a lot of little girl groups here and there just to get more comfortable on stage. When you're in girl groups, it's a lot different because if you mess up, there's someone on stage to back you up, and finally I got to a point where I knew I could do it on my own.
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I hear odd tracks from my albums every now and again on the radio, or maybe a friend plays me something.
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One thing you can't intend is how you will be read. I hear it said a lot that my books are about the 'search for identity', and this is said admiringly, as if I meant to encourage such a search.
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I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
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If we just allowed women and men more leeway in our culture and more acceptance, I think they would be able to make better compromises.
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I do like the research part of writing, I must admit.
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Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.
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Good artists copy, great artists steal.
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I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.
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It's all about sound. It's that simple.
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Investing in Chicago property is just Wanda's first move into the U.S. real estate market.
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One of the absolute rules I learned in the war was, don't know anything you don't need to know, because if you ever get caught they will get it out of you.
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I always give importance to scripts first, and remuneration is something that comes later.
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I'm asking you to talk with your friends, neighbors, and relatives - even the ones you've never talked to about reproductive rights. That's how you can throw your number in the bucket, and stand with a president who has stood with us. Conversation by conversation, vote by vote, we will re-elect President Barack Obama!
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There is no more apartheid in South Africa than in the United States.
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Love is cheering and sharing and compassion and giving and receiving. Love is an action thing more than a word thing, that brings comfort or joy or relief to anyone or anything.
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I never met a Jesuit before I applied for the order.
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What becomes a crime deserving capital punishment when the tables are turned is a matter of small moment when the negro woman is the accusing party.
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Too often, the pastoralist blames the weeds and seeks a chemical rather than a management solution; too seldom do we find an approach combining the sensible utilisation of grasshoppers and grubs as a valuable dried-protein supplement for fish or food pellets, and a combination of soil conditioning, slashing, and de-stocking or re-seeding to restore species balance.
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David Lynch is like that - every sound, every detail to the end of making the film, he never gives up. It has to be perfect.
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I can't work without music.
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Six innings, you're doing your job. That's a good target to have, but I'm always looking to improve. There's three more innings of improvement left.
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I don't feel any warmth towards politics. I'm with the forever opposition party.
