Zhang Ziyi Quotes

Yes. Otherwise I could have done a lot of Hollywood movies. After Crouching Tiger I got a lot of offers, but I turned them down because they were all victim roles - poor girls sold to America to be a wife or whatever. I know I have the ability to go deeper, to take on more original roles than that.

Zhang Ziyi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: chinese
  • Birth: February 9, 1979

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In the ongoing effort to combat Ebola, more needs to be done to rewrite the public-health narrative. It must move from one that has been infused with fear to one that recognizes the hope for survival that supportive care can offer infected people.

Joanne Liu

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Microsoft isn't stupid.

Jesse Schell

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Americans are just about the worst at dealing with long-term problems, down there with Uzbekistan, but they respond to a market signal better than almost anyone. They roll the dice bigger and quicker than most.

Jeremy Grantham

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Historically, NBCUniversal had brilliant people, but some of them didn't do a very good job of working together.

Steve Burke

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I was going to change my name to Sophie Windsor, but then I decided not to. I prefer to go into the room just as Sophie Winkleman.

Sophie Winkleman

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I was listening to Ministry and Garth Brooks and Charlie Pride and Wynton Marsalis, and then I would listen to Juvenile or Lil Wayne. It's just that I'm a big fan of music. I'm a student of music. And I just want to learn and keep enhancing my education about the music.

Trombone Shorty

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Prisoners around the world have said that reading 'The Count of Monte Cristo' helped them get through their ordeal. That's something to aspire to.

Tom Reiss

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I never get recognised. I must have one of those forgettable faces, ha! And that's not a bad thing.

Ruth Bradley

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As a parent, you just want to really make sure your kids understand what you are trying to say as much as their maturity level will allow them to.

Mike Daniels

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As it is, Al Jazeera is mostly funded by grants from the emir of Qatar-Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, whose family has ruled the country since the mid-1800s.

Michael Paterniti

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When I'd tell people I like country music they'd get this look on their faces. People were kind of ashamed of country.

Loretta Lynn

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I wasn't exactly uncomfortable when I did my first comedy. I was just very aware of the risks; if you do a comedy that sucks, and you suck in it, then you won't get a chance to do it again.

Donnie Wahlberg

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