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Gao Xingjian Quotes

Freedom is the basic prerequisite for writing.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: chinese
Birth: January 4, 1940

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Freedom Writing Basic Prerequisite

During the Great Depression, when people laughed their worries disappeared. Audiences loved these funny men. I decided to become one.

Funny Great Depression Men People

Dr. Rice went well beyond offering a helping hand - she went so far as to shed tears and share hugs with those who, in a matter of just a few hours, had lost everything to the rising floodwaters.

Tears Lost Hand Beyond Matter She

I try to focus on what I'm supposed to do, and to do my job the best I can. I kind of let everything happen the way it's supposed to happen, let everything fall into place the way it should.

Best Focus Job Fall I Can Place

Really interesting genre films, especially monster movies, evoke the fears of the times intentionally. Our starting point was 'Godzilla' - the original movie was released less than 10 years after Hiroshima, and it's a classic in Japan.

Interesting Movies Hiroshima Classic

Eating ice cream and not exercising is great. The downside is your health isn't so good.

Good Health Great Eating Ice Cream

No good is ever done to society by the pictorial representation of its diseases.

Good Society Done Representation

Your legal career is but a means to an end, and... that end is building the kingdom of God.

Amy Coney Barrett

God Building Legal End Career Your

By and large, the making of motion pictures is all about, 'Let's ratchet it up.' And I always think, 'We don't need to ratchet this up.' If you do, don't call it 'Captain Phillips' or 'The Maersk Alabama.' Call it something else, and then you have carte blanche to do anything, down to sea serpents and aliens.

Sea Think You Down Pictures Need

Nothing will turn you into more of a 'Star Wars' fan than being on a 'Star Wars' set. When you see how lovingly that world is rendered by the set designers, costume designers, props department, art department, they genuinely build an actual world. That is not an exaggeration. They build a world.

Art World You Build Nothing Will

I took several trips to New Orleans and met with people who had intimate knowledge of the underbelly of the city in the 1950s. The meetings were both fascinating and terrifying.

Knowledge People City Meetings New

Be true to the game, because the game will be true to you. If you try to shortcut the game, then the game will shortcut you. If you put forth the effort, good things will be bestowed upon you. That's truly about the game, and in some ways that's about life too.

Life Good Effort Good Things Game

When new technology in the classroom starts happening, some people get very excited and think of it as a panacea. It attracts very high amounts of money; it raises expectations, and those expectations aren't met.

Technology Money People Think New

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