Ma Yansong Quotes

I grew up in Beijing, and there weren't many modern buildings during my childhood. I was influenced by traditional culture - the courtyards, the hutongs, the old city, and all the art forms - so, very naturally, I brought this to my practice.

Ma Yansong

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You have no idea how humiliating it was, as a boy, to suddenly have all your clothes, your toys, snatched by the bailiff. I mean we were a middle-class family, it's not as if it was happening up and down the street. It made me ashamed, I felt dirty.

John le Carre

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It doesn't matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I'm a woman or a man.

John Lennon

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I think from the age of thirteen, I really wanted to be a producer and I've always thought that the producer was the top of the tree.

Jeff Lynne

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I think if I am to win an Olympic medal I'll have to score like I did today.

Tom Daley

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More important is the fact that embryonic stem cell research could lead to new treatments and cures for the many Americans afflicted with life-threatening and debilitating diseases.

Ron Kind

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I saw myself as a trailblazer in the 1980s as a female lawyer in the City. It was exciting, as women were outnumbered by men five to one. But while I had this sense of trailblazing, in reality, I wasn't pushing boundaries; it was just a personal myth I'd created, as I was doing a job I wasn't enjoying.

Michelle Paver

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I try to bring my own style to a role, but I can't change how people think of me.

Dennis Farina

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We can seize this time and do it our way and in the process be proud of ourselves and prosper as well.

Christine Gregoire

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When I throw the hook, I think of my arm as a whip with a rock attached to the end.

Chuck Liddell

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You can parody almost anything.

Bruce McCall

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As a former federal judge, I am cognizant of the legal issues. As governor, I am forced to deal with their ramifications.

Brian Sandoval

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Typically, you learn how to cook, but you don't know why. We were looking for a deeper understanding of what was happening to our food as we roasted it, boiled it, grilled it, chopped it, etc. And it turned out, as we began to really say what is cooking, what does it mean to cook, there's a lot of science involved.

Wylie Dufresne

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