I don't want to be a strong hero who can save society. I just want to save myself. - Gao Xingjian - Quotesmemo.com

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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.

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Gao Xingjian

I don't want to be a strong hero who can save society. I just want to save myself.

Hero, Save, Strong, Want

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In the snow outside my window I see a small green frog, one eye blinking and the other wide open, unmoving, looking at me. I know this is God.

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I decided that I did not want to follow any of these ideologies or trends, because these also exerted a kind of pressure, and obstructed absolute creative freedom.

Absolute, Creative, Trends, Want

The sand murmurs that it wants to swallow everything.

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There are numerous layers to truth, and the simple and superficial statement of facts cannot satisfy the writer.

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Indeed, loft aspirations produce ideas.

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