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Quotes by Chinese Authors
"Even if I were knocked down by one gunshot it wouldn't affect our democracy and I wasn't knocked down and I have great confidence in our democracy and in Taiwan and in the people of Taiwan."
"Comrade Deng Xiaoping - along with other party elders - gave the party leadership their firm and full support to put down the political disturbance using forceful measures."
"Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances."
"However, I must say that I am very happy to see that we have such a positive result for our first referendum in our history and that gives me more confidence in Taiwan's democracy."
"When people see some things as beautiful,other things become ugly.When people see some things as good,other things become bad."
"On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now on I resolved to write no more poems in the classical language, and to begin my experiments in writing poetry in the so-called vulgar tongue of the people."
"The wise warrior avoids the battle."
"The Chinese people, too, went through all kinds of vicissitudes in their religious development."
"For should the enemy strengthen his van, he will weaken his rear; should he strengthen his rear, he will weaken his van; should he strengthen his left, he will weaken his right; should he strengthen his right, he will weaken his left. If he sends reinforcements everywhere, he will everywhere be weak."
"Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances."
"He who searches for evil, must first look at his own reflection."
"For the first time in history we can track the evolution of a pandemic in real time. Influenza viruses are notorious for their rapid mutation and unpredictable behaviour."
"There is nothing more real than what cannot be seen and there is nothing more certain than what cannot be heard."
"A creation needs not only subjectivity, but also objectivity."
"That's so different in Hong Kong when I'm using my own mother language, I can treat the line in one thousand different ways, with many different reactions."
"My good health is due to a soup made of white doves. It is simply wonderful as a tonic."
"He who attends to his greater self becomes a great man, and he who attends to his smaller self becomes a small man."
"We're still working out the details, but I'd be delighted to do the film. The problem at the moment is my busy schedule. Shooting on this film has been extended by a month, but I need to be in the U.S. by Dec. 20."
"Young leading cadres have risen up by helicopter. They should really rise step by step."
"When people lack teachers, their tendencies are not corrected; when they do not have ritual and moral principles, then their lawlessness is not controlled."
"Since the end of the Cold War, hegemonism has become increasingly unpopular."
"In the West audiences think I am a stereotyped action star, or that I always play hitmen or killers. But in Hong Kong, I did a lot of comedy, many dramatic films, and most of all, romantic roles, lots of love stories. I was like a romance novel hero."
"China's cinema has been rising for some time; it has more exposure, so my chances of becoming internationally known are better. But the first thing I have to do is learn English. If I can grasp the language, then perhaps I can think about the U.S."
"Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Have the patience to wait! Be still and allow the mud to settle."
"If the gentleman has ability, he is magnanimous, generous, tolerant, and straightforward, through which he opens the way to instruct others."
"Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks."
"The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution."
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