"I have always been independent."

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

Mo Yan

#Independent Quotes

“I have been photographed to death”
“The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.”
“A leading scholar of Basra visited Rabi'a al-Adawiyya while she was ill. ting beside her pillow, the scholar spoke about how terrible the world was. In reply, Rabi`a told him: "You love the world very dearly. If you did not love the world, you would not mention it so much. It is always the purchaser who first disparages what he wants to buy. If you were done with the world, you would not mention it either for good or evil. As it is, you keep mentioning it because, as the proverb says, whoever loves a thing mentions it frequently."”
“She says what holds their marriage together is that she feels too damn sorry for him to ask for a divorce.”
“People are always telling me that they've seen people reading my books on the subway, or the beach, or whenever.”
“I don't think I'm unbeatable, nobody is”
“I'm stronger than anything in my way. Holla!”
“When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same.”

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