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I know what real courage is, a...

I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion.

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I think that China has many ou...

I think that China has many outstanding authors, and their great works should also be recognised by the world.

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I write about my region, the c...

I write about my region, the countryside in which I grew up.

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Loneliness and hunger were my ...

Loneliness and hunger were my fortunes of creation.

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No person writes to win awards...

No person writes to win awards.

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One of the biggest problems in...

One of the biggest problems in literature is the lack of subtlety.

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Possibly because I've lived so...

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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When someone forces me to do s...

When someone forces me to do something I don't do it.

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A writer should express critic...

A writer should express criticism and indignation at the dark side of society and the ugliness of human nature, but we should not use one uniform expression.

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I am also well aware that lite...

I am also well aware that literature only has a minimal influence on political disputes or economic crises in the world, but its significance to human beings is ancient.

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I heard so many stories from G...

I heard so many stories from Gaomi's peasants that I had an irrepressible urge to write them down. Today, Gaomi's peasants know that they have become famous around the world through my writings, but I think they are a little puzzled by this.

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My works are Chinese literatur...

My works are Chinese literature, which is part of world literature. They show the life of Chinese people as well as the country's unique culture and folk customs.

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A writer should bury his thoug...

A writer should bury his thoughts deep and convey them through the characters in his novel.

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I think writers write for thei...

I think writers write for their consciences, they write for their own true audiences, for their souls.

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A sudden cloud formation of bi...

A sudden cloud formation of birds was swallowed up by the moon, and he was just as suddenly penned in by four walls-the demons' pen.

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When I write, I try to represe...

When I write, I try to represent the ordinary person in the pew, which means that, ironically, I'm qualified to write about prayer by being unqualified!

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Some may want to shout on the ...

Some may want to shout on the street, but we should tolerate those who hide in their rooms and use literature to voice their opinions.

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All kinds of mysterious phenom...

All kinds of mysterious phenomena exist in this world, but answers to most of them have come with advances in scientific knowledge. Love is the sole holdout-nothing can explain it. A Chinese writer by the name of Ah Cheng wrote that love is just a chemical reaction, an unconventional point of view that seemed quite fresh at the time. But if love can be controlled and initiated by means of chemistry, then novelists would be out of a job. So while he may have had his finger on the truth, I'll remain a member of the loyal

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The sun, a red wheel, was sink...

The sun, a red wheel, was sinking slowly in the west. Besides being spectacularly beautiful, the early-summer sunset was exceedingly soft and gentle: black mulberry leaves turned as red as roses; pristine white acacia petals shed an enshrouding pale-green aura. Mild evening breezes made both the mulberry leaves and the acacia petals dance and whirl, filling the woods with a soft rustle.

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A writer should always bravely...

A writer should always bravely face life, risking death and mutilation in order to dethrone an emperor.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....