"Possibly because I've lived so much of my life in difficult circumstances, I think I have a more profound understanding of life."

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Source : "Mo Yan accepts Nobel prize, defends 'necessary' censorship" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. December 11, 2012.

Mo Yan

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“Every prop, every shot, every pearl that rolled across the floor was exactly how I wanted it to be.”
“Global warming is too serious for the world any longer to ignore its danger or split into opposing factions on it.”

Source : Labour Party Conference Speech in Brighton, www.theguardian.com. September 27, 2005.
“Looking back, my life seems like one long obstacle race, with me as the chief obstacle.”
“Now,young lady,I suppose you're here for a work assignment." Work?" Tally said. They both looked down at her puzzled expression, and Shay burst into laughter.”
“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.”
“A black man singing about a blond girl was potential trouble.”
“Fifty or sixty shooters had already arrived and managed to look studiously bored. I knew a few of them and nodded politely. No one asked me to sit next to them, nor would I have accepted if they had. It's better that way, in case you end up on opposite sides of a fight, and a whole lot safer. Friends can betray you. Strangers can't.”

Source : William C. Dietz (2014). “Bodyguard”, p.8, Open Road Media
“He was one of my most dramatic recoveries with AIDS, and the reason I say that is that he was the most far gone. He was in the absolute, end stage - they have that wing in the hospital where they have given up on you. You can smoke pot and do anything you want. They had given up on him.”

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