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"Good things quickly become habitual and we often stop valuing them."
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"Life can only be live with grace and gratitude."
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"Embrace the sweetness of life like a gift honeycomb from the hive."
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"Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent."
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"Every once in a while God allows you to stub your toe as a kind reminder to be grateful for the miraculous body attached to it."
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"I have nothing to compain about. I am here to enjoy the breathtaking beauty of nature."
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"God would have us cherish even the smallest of blessings, for in taking a blessing for granted we are well on our way to taking it to its grave."
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"You learn the value of water when the rivers are dry. You learn the value of light when the winters are prolonged. You learn the value of water when the fields are bare."
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"Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words."
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"We appreciate things not for their beauty but for how they kindle our minds' generosity."
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"Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically. They have to please the crowd - they're movie stars; their image is their industry. It goes beyond acting."
Acting
"In the past I've made movies that were pretty universally liked. You can't really hate them. You can discard them, but you can't really hate them."
Movies
"I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial arts film. It has a very strong female character and it was very abundant in classic Chinese textures."
Thought
"Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself."
Honesty
"Usually with this genre the first thing that happens is a good fight sequence to show that you're in good hands. So we broke that rule. I think a lot of that comes from the western audience."
Fight
"Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted to do, and frankly I don't think I was ready to do a big production like this."
Development
"I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans."
Film
"The most mysterious feminine factor, the existence that we men, we don't know. It's woman. It's feminine. That's what the sword is about. That's the symbolic meaning of the sword."
Man
"On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why you want to do it a certain way, and they argue with you. Democracy."
People
"When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me."
Character
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