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Quotes by Chinese Authors
"All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means."
"I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study."
"The most important thing is to make the technology inclusive - make the world change. Next, pay attention to those people who are 30 years old, because those are the internet generation. They will change the world; they are the builders of the world."
"That whole environment was just incompatible with my beliefs and my personality. It was a dark time for me."
"In time of difficulties, we must not lose sight of our achievements."
"We sincerely ask the Beijing authorities across the Strait to view the election result from a positive perspective, to accept the democratic decision of the Taiwanese people."
"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."
"A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words."
"Have no friends not equal to yourself."
"When everyone hates a person, you should investigate thoroughly, and when everyone loves a person, you should also investigate thoroughly."
"Also in the new constitution, we want to lower the voting age from 20 years to 18 years and also gradually implement a voluntary military service in replacement of the current compulsory military service."
"Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge."
"Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure."
"I have great confidence in the universal value and in basic human rights and I have great confidence that referenda will eventually take root and become part of our daily lives in Taiwan."
"To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence."
"You can force the people to obey, you cannot force them to understand."
"The superior man acts before he speaks, and afterwards speaks according to his action."
"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you."
"You don't have to show people how successful you are."
"You can do almost anything with soup stock, it's like a strong foundation. When you have the right foundation, everything tastes good."
"I know nothing about technology."
"Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years."
"In the course of the reform, some new circumstances that we had not anticipated have appeared."
"Men are different. When they are in love they may also have other girlfriends."
"Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces."
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