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A writer should express criticism and indignation at the dark side of society and the ugliness of human nature, but we should not use one uniform expression.
Mo Yan
Nature
Dark
Criticism
Dark Side
Human Nature
Society
Side
Indignation
Writer
Ugliness
Human
Uniform
Should
Use
Express
Expression
I think that China has many outstanding authors, and their great works should also be recognised by the world.
Mo Yan
Great
World
Think
Recognised
Outstanding
Also
Authors
China
Should
Many
Works
No person writes to win awards.
Mo Yan
Win
Writes
Person
Awards
I'll continue on the path I've been taking, feet on the ground, describing people's lives, describing people's emotions, writing from the standpoint of the ordinary people.
Mo Yan
People
Writing
Emotions
Path
Taking
Feet
Continue
Been
Ordinary
Ordinary People
Ground
Standpoint
Describing
Lives
I heard so many stories from Gaomi's peasants that I had an irrepressible urge to write them down. Today, Gaomi's peasants know that they have become famous around the world through my writings, but I think they are a little puzzled by this.
Mo Yan
Today
World
Become
Down
Think
Through
Write
Had
Writings
Puzzled
Know
Around
Heard
Famous
Stories
Little
Urge
Them
Many
Peasants
When literature exists, perhaps we do not notice how important it is, but when it does not exist, our lives become coarsened and brutal. For this reason, I am proud of my profession, but also aware of its importance.
Mo Yan
Important
Become
Our
Our Lives
Brutal
Perhaps
Importance
Also
Does
Proud
How
Am
Exist
Exists
Literature
Notice
Reason
Profession
Aware
Lives
Possibly because I've lived so much of my life in difficult circumstances, I think I have a more profound understanding of life.
Mo Yan
Life
My Life
Understanding
Difficult
Think
Circumstances
Possibly
More
Because
Much
Lived
Difficult Circumstances
Profound
I don't play. I'm a terrible gambler. I don't know half the rules, and I'm not really patient enough to sit through hours of gaming.
Pansy Ho
Half
Sit
Patient
Enough
Rules
Through
Hours
Know
Terrible
Really
Gambler
Gaming
Play
I believe that the Chinese people as a whole love to make investments in real estate.
Pansy Ho
Love
People
Real Estate
Believe
Investments
Make
Real
Estate
Chinese
Chinese People
Whole
Making sure that mothers are educated means we can lift more people out of poverty and build a more inclusive and sustainable society.
Peng Liyuan
People
Poverty
Build
Inclusive
Society
Out
More
More People
Lift
Sure
Making
Mothers
Educated
Sustainable
Means
I feel strongly about HIV/AIDS and children because I'm a famous singer, a public figure, and I'm a female and a mother. I have the responsibility and the passion to help out and do whatever I can.
Peng Liyuan
Mother
Passion
Responsibility
Whatever
Out
About
Strongly
Feel
Singer
Because
Female
Famous
Children
Public
Public Figure
Figure
Help
Education is about women and girls. It is important for girls to go to school because they will become their children's first teachers someday.
Peng Liyuan
Education
Women
School
Will
Girl
First
Important
Become
Someday
About
Because
Go
Women And Girls
Children
Teachers
Without constantly pushing my senior colleagues to formulate decisions, I would never be able to learn and know what they are made of.
Peter Woo
Made
Colleagues
Would
Constantly
Able
Never
Pushing
Know
Learn
Without
Senior
Decisions
Formulate
Judgment is a delicate thing and does not come overnight.
Peter Woo
Judgment
Delicate
Come
Does
Overnight
Thing
You can make jeans and a t-shirt super stylish. It's what you make of it, you know?
Phillip Lim
You
Super
Know
Make
Stylish
Jeans
When people ask about inspirations, and you're like 'oh, it was a flower or a mountain or a pony', some people just think you're insane. I'm worried to come across that way.
Phillip Lim
You
People
Some People
Think
Flower
Worried
Way
Insane
Some
About
Inspirations
Come
Like
Mountain
Oh
Just
Pony
Ask
Across
I'm really a classicist at heart - with a bit of madness!
Phillip Lim
Heart
Madness
Bit
Really
My mother has become my daughter and I've become her guardian.
Phillip Lim
Mother
Guardian
Daughter
Become
Her
Being from a very traditional Chinese-American family, my parents believed the only options to have a successful life were to be a doctor, a lawyer, an engineer or a business person.
Phillip Lim
Life
Family
Business
Doctor
Engineer
Parents
Lawyer
Only
Traditional
Were
Very
Person
Options
Being
Successful
Business Person
Believed
I have always had a relationship with clothes.
Phillip Lim
Relationship
Clothes
Had
Always
I don't have a life where it's galas, posh affairs. It's me, my dog and a sofa. And a TV.
Phillip Lim
Life
Me
Dog
TV
Affairs
Where
Posh
Sofa
There is a secret hippie within me.
Phillip Lim
Me
Secret
Within
Hippie
You know, for myself, my personal journey has been a very fortunate one and I would say to people it's like the stars lined up and the skies opened up and the sun shined and I met the right people - was at the right time. And, most importantly, you know I love what I do.
Phillip Lim
Love
Time
Myself
Journey
You
People
Met
Stars
Right People
Right Time
Say
Sun
Has-Been
Would
Opened
Like
Know
Most
Importantly
Been
Lined
Up
Very
Personal
Skies
Fortunate
Right
I think my parents were immigrants, you know, so I guess I would be first generation. Growing up in California.
Phillip Lim
You
Generation
Parents
First
Think
Guess
Immigrants
Would
Would-Be
First Generation
Know
California
Were
Up
Growing
Growing Up
I love crazy, gaudy bling.
Phillip Lim
Love
Crazy
Gaudy
I started in college as a business major and finally transferred to home economics and studied making clothes.
Phillip Lim
Home
Business
College
Economics
Clothes
Finally
Studied
Major
Making
Transferred
Started
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