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Quotes by Chinese Authors

"Genuine equality between the sexes can only be realized in the process of the socialist transformation of society as a whole."
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Mao Tse Tung
"Genuine equality between the sexes can only be realized in the process of the socialist transformation of society as a whole."
"Why is America such a great country. It is because we stand united."
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Martin Yan
"Why is America such a great country. It is because we stand united."
"A lot of people don't enjoy their job, they may even hate it, but I am lucky enough to be able to make a living through my passion."
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Martin Yan
"A lot of people don't enjoy their job, they may even hate it, but I am lucky enough to be able to make a living through my passion."
"Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education."
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Zhuang Zi
"Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education."
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"The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound."
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Xun Zi
"The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound."
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"To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace."
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Confucius
"To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace."
"HERO is a combination of my personal feeling and the commercialism."
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Zhang Yimou
"HERO is a combination of my personal feeling and the commercialism."
"My parents sent me to a dance class, so it was a road chosen by them, not me. But I enjoyed it so much I knew I would become a performer."
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Ziyi Zhang
"My parents sent me to a dance class, so it was a road chosen by them, not me. But I enjoyed it so much I knew I would become a performer."
"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you."
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Lao Tzu
"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you."
"Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.Patient with both friends and enemies,you accord with the way things are.Compassionate toward yourself,you reconcile all beings in the world."
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Lao Tzu
"Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest treasures.Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.Patient with both friends and enemies,you accord with the way things are.Compassionate toward yourself,you reconcile all beings in the world."
"Manifest plainness,Embrace simplicity,Reduce selfishness,Have few desires."
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Lao Tzu
"Manifest plainness,Embrace simplicity,Reduce selfishness,Have few desires."
"A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace."
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Confucius
"A common man marvels at uncommon things. A wise man marvels at the commonplace."
"We have reiterated on many occasions that China wishes to establish and develop long-term, good-neighbourly and friendly relations with all countries in south Asia."
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Li Peng
"We have reiterated on many occasions that China wishes to establish and develop long-term, good-neighbourly and friendly relations with all countries in south Asia."
"Its liquor is like the sweetest dew from Heaven."
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Lu Yu
"Its liquor is like the sweetest dew from Heaven."
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"I got nominated for my second film as best young director in the Aikido Film Festival in Japan."
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Donnie Yen
"I got nominated for my second film as best young director in the Aikido Film Festival in Japan."
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"Friends are the siblings God never gave us."
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Mencius
"Friends are the siblings God never gave us."
"This morning's scene is good and fine, Long rain has not harmed the land."
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Du Fu
"This morning's scene is good and fine, Long rain has not harmed the land."
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"Men are different. When they are in love they may also have other girlfriends."
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Zhang Ziyi
"Men are different. When they are in love they may also have other girlfriends."
"Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again."
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Jackie Chan
"Since the child knew his parents would give in, he tried the same trick again and again."
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"I was in Asia and people asked me about being considered sex symbol. I don't know if that's good or not, because where I come from, sex isn't something you're allowed to talk about."
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Bai Ling
"I was in Asia and people asked me about being considered sex symbol. I don't know if that's good or not, because where I come from, sex isn't something you're allowed to talk about."
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"You can force the people to obey, you cannot force them to understand."
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Confucius
"You can force the people to obey, you cannot force them to understand."
"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."
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Confucius
"I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand."
"The funniest people are the saddest ones."
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Confucius
"The funniest people are the saddest ones."
"The way I go about a lovemaking scene is that we will talk about it during the rehearsing time."
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Ang Lee
"The way I go about a lovemaking scene is that we will talk about it during the rehearsing time."
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"In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it."
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Lao Tzu
"In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it."
"Foreknowledge cannot be gotten from ghosts and spirits, cannot be had by analogy, cannot be found out by calculation. It must be obtained from people, people who know the conditions of the enemy."
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Sun Tzu
"Foreknowledge cannot be gotten from ghosts and spirits, cannot be had by analogy, cannot be found out by calculation. It must be obtained from people, people who know the conditions of the enemy."
"Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge."
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Lao Tzu
"Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge."
"What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?"
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Confucius
"What can a man do with music who is not benevolent?"
"Free from desire, you realize the mysterycaught in the desire, you see only the manifestations."
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Lao Tzu
"Free from desire, you realize the mysterycaught in the desire, you see only the manifestations."
"Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness."
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Zhuang Zi
"Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness."
"Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire."
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Confucius
"Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire."
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"If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land."
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Mencius
"If the king loves music, there is little wrong in the land."
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"I remember when I was in college, I used to watch Julia Child's cooking show during dinner and joke with my roommates about becoming a TV chef."
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Martin Yan
"I remember when I was in college, I used to watch Julia Child's cooking show during dinner and joke with my roommates about becoming a TV chef."
"There are many kinds of movies in Hong Kong. Some are commercial and others are more artistic."
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Andy Lau
"There are many kinds of movies in Hong Kong. Some are commercial and others are more artistic."
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"But somehow I feel like still it's a gift, and I wonder, how can I give this gift to others? Just work hard, and do whatever I can do, to be that, and to return the love to the fans. I like to give them joy and smiles to them. Give back to them."
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Bai Ling
"But somehow I feel like still it's a gift, and I wonder, how can I give this gift to others? Just work hard, and do whatever I can do, to be that, and to return the love to the fans. I like to give them joy and smiles to them. Give back to them."
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"A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman."
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Jackie Chan
"A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman."
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"Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive."
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Mao Tse Tung
"Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive."
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"The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy."
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Sun Tzu
"The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy."
"There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause."
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Mao Zedong
"There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause."
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"The hoopla, the applause, the praises have never excited me."
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Martin Yan
"The hoopla, the applause, the praises have never excited me."
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"Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically."
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Mao Tse Tung
"Despise the enemy strategically, but take him seriously tactically."
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"There's no common taste in this world."
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Stephen Chow
"There's no common taste in this world."
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"This is still a big barrier for me and it is for a lot of foreign actors."
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Chow Yun Fat
"This is still a big barrier for me and it is for a lot of foreign actors."
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"We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting."
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Mao Tse Tung
"We shall heal our wounds, collect our dead and continue fighting."
"All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten The foul and rotten may come to be transformed into what is rare and valuable, and the rare and valuable into what is foul and rotten."
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Zhuang Zi
"All existing things are really one. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten The foul and rotten may come to be transformed into what is rare and valuable, and the rare and valuable into what is foul and rotten."
"My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport."
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Joan Chen
"My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport."
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"Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure."
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Ziyi Zhang
"Whatever you see - any good results - are all from the pressure."
"The Master said, "If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment."
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Confucius
"The Master said, "If your conduct is determined solely by considerations of profit you will arouse great resentment."
"The Man who says he can, and the man who says he can not.. Are both correct?"
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Confucius
"The Man who says he can, and the man who says he can not.. Are both correct?"
"I also have a lot of preserved foods, things that will keep for a long time like dried fish, seaweed or lotus seed."
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Martin Yan
"I also have a lot of preserved foods, things that will keep for a long time like dried fish, seaweed or lotus seed."
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