Wong Kar-wai Quotes

After the Revolution in '49, all the films were propaganda. They serviced the government and carried the message that the government wants to relay to the people. But I think, in the last 10 years, because the film market is opening and there's an expansion of all the cinemas in China, it's now a lot like Hollywood productions.

Wong Kar-wai

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Once I graduated college, I did a couple of different sort of unique internship positions, if you will. I spent three months in my mother's office, who was then the CEO of our company, and I really got to just sit in every meeting that she had, and I would write down questions on a yellow legal pad.

Stephanie McMahon

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I love being outdoors. I love listening to the crickets. I want to embrace nature.

Miranda Kerr

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But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it.

Lotte Lehmann

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Words without deeds is an affront to the principle that guides our Nation and makes a mockery of the values we as public servants claim to love.

Jon Corzine

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If I ever had any vanity, then I definitely lost it by being on television.

Clive Anderson

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I want to play main rooms in Vegas. I want to play every day like Elvis did, not just weekends.

Chubby Checker

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Well, my books - I think one of the hallmarks of my thrillers is that they're based in reality.

Brad Thor

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The first 'Bad Company' was a kind of reaction to the Vietnam war - or at least a reaction to how Vietnam had entered the cultural life through films and books.

Peter Milligan

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The passage of time is a continuing thing. At 18, you're going to live forever, and you are definitely not at 52, so that is a recurring topic. I still think it's the main stuff.

Peter Hammill

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Making an album should be an honest experience. It shouldn't be about trying to gauge where popular music is today; it should be about artistic expression and putting down what you want to put down.

Scott Weiland

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I find my dress sense tends to be a bit of a mixture between high fashion and unique vintage pieces with a little bit of street trends. For example, I might find a really nice, suede dinner jacket that I'd wear with a basic plain white shirt and some chinos and a pair of Nike trainers.

Tinie Tempah

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That's the best part of being in private practice, by the way: being able to say whatever I want. In the government I couldn't talk to reporters and couldn't speak to the public, and now I just feel free. I have a First Amendment right again, and I exercise it daily.

Lisa Blatt

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