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"I sink down into my body as into a swamp, fenland, where only I know the footing. I'm a cloud, congealed around a central object, the shape of a pear, which is hard and more real than I am and glows red within its translucent wrapping. Inside it is a space, huge as the sky at night and dark and curved like that, though black-red rather than black."

"The educated do not share a common body of information, but a common state of mind."

"Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills."

"It is a scientific fact that your body will not absorb cholesterol if you take it from another person's plate."

"The body is not a reliable friend."
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"When you work with chains or any kind of weapons, or just when you're using hand-to-hand combat, you are going to get hurt."

"Since we didn't use guns, we wanted to make sure we could earn the ability to win the audience over by making it believable. A lot of what you do when you work out in that mode is use your mental energy."

"Once you embody the language, the character comes really naturally, especially when you put the costume on."

"People use location as a language in films, and Quentin uses action as a language in his films. There's really not a lot of violence. It's more of an emotional beat than it is a physical beat."

"Women like to watch women fight because it makes them feel sort of empowered physically and mentally. They feel kind of jazzed and excited by it."

"You respect all of these people that you know in the business as actors. And they sort of turn around and say, we really like your work. It's a nice acknowledgment."

"Being Asian in this business is something you have to consider, because sometimes people aren't as open. They'll say, I can't see you with a Caucasian person."

"I've never really thought about competing with cartoons. If it ever gets to that point, then just shoot me."

"Working on the Samurai sword is very different because your body position has to be very still. It's a much quieter was of fighting."

"They were concerned about the racial issue. They thought it was not a safe issue to go Asian, unfortunately."
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