Xiaogang Wang Quotes & Sayings

The trapeze was my first love. To me, it's normal. It's all I've ever known. But when I see other people's upbringings, I think, 'Hmm ... mine was rather unconventional. Quite different!' — Neon Hitch

Neuroenology explains how the fluid mechanics of the wine in your mouth and the patterns of your breathing activate your sensory and motor pathways to create the taste of wine and, together with your central brain systems for emotion and memory, generate the whole perception of wine pleasure. We — Gordon M Shepherd

Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

As we become accustomed to the trappings of success, we begin to defend our position and protect our stance. Resource — Liz Wiseman

A gambit never becomes sheer routine as long as you fear you may lose the king and pawn ending! — Bent Larsen

Though you thrust a knife at my eyes, I will not flinch. — Lynn Flewelling

I always encourage people to pay themselves first, so I really advocate setting up direct deposit for your paycheck and establishing an automatic transfer so that part of each paycheck goes straight into your savings account. — Alexa Von Tobel

Is it possible to live in this world without the operation of will? — Jiddu Krishnamurti

I feel that people who haven't read my books and haven't heard me lecture - who don't in fact know what my work is about - have been very hard on me. There is an expression in Alcoholics Anonymous called "contempt prior to investigation." I feel many people practice contempt prior to investigation. — Marianne Williamson

In the early 1990s we witnessed the emergence of a revitalized contemporary Chinese art world that began as a reaction against the government-approved Social Realist style. Zhang Xiaogang, Huang Yong Ping, Ai WeiWei, Yue Minjun, and Wang Guangyi were among the first group of artists to establish a movement that became known as Cynical Realism. — Arne Glimcher

where we have more than sufficient resources and support that we eagerly share with one another - all because we understand on a bone-deep, soul-deep level that we are infinitely sustained by Source. (All that just from loving yourself!) When — Karen Curry

Our God, our help in ages past,Our hope for years to come,Our shelter from the stormy blast,And our eternal home. — Isaac Watts

The interesting thing about doing a play is to find a way to make it fresh and do it as though you were doing it for the first time. — Ellen Burstyn

Death is the word that kills all the words. (La mort est un mot - Qui tue tous les mots) — Charles De Leusse