Gao Xingjian Quotes

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always a mystery. So I always tried to present as many views as possible on women's worlds.

Gao Xingjian

Recitation: by Male by Female

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WomenMenWorldPresentMystery

It's quite a dangerous career move to go wilfully on making films that may not find a distributor.

John Hurt

CareerFindDangerousGoMayMove

I'd be arrested if I still smoked because I'm the one who would be changing the battery in the airplane in the lavatory to take out the smoke detector. I would've been those people they warn you against.

John Waters

PeopleAirplaneYouSmokeOutTake

The West is pathetically naive about Russian reformers. We long to believe they are real liberals, but no liberal will ever rule Russia.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

BelieveLongWillRealNaiveRussia

Summer in Seattle allows me to indulge in some of the region's top culinary delights - I'm talking about wild king salmon and fresh, ripe Washington stone fruits and berries like cherries, peaches, plums, and blueberries.

Tom Douglas

KingMeTalkingStoneSummerWild

No matter how I do this, my best songs have profanity in them.

Liz Phair

BestMatterProfanitySongsHow

When you can't do something truly useful, you tend to vent the pent up energy in something useless but available, like snappy dressing.

Lois McMaster Bujold

EnergyYouUselessDressingUpLike

A lot of filmmaking is just sort of slowed down by lawyers who feel they're more important than the filmmakers.

Jay Chandrasekhar

FeelLawyersDownFilmmakingMore

I was not a very fearful kid, really.

Clive Owen

KidFearfulVeryReally

There was a time when the conservative movement was led by the likes of Bill Buckley and Irving Kristol and Bob Bartley, men of ideas who invested the Republican Party with intellectual seriousness.

Bret Stephens

TimeMenIdeasPartyIntellectual

It would be a mistake to think something is wonderful just because it looks great.

Anna Wintour

GreatMistakeThinkLooksWonderful

I take a lot of naps.

Alice Ripley

TakeLotNaps

Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.

William Wycherley

FriendshipGoodManlyFellowship

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