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Quotes by Chinese Authors
"As long as the food is well prepared and not overdone, I think it tastes good. It doesn't matter if it's Chinese, Japanese, anything."
"There are actors who spend 20 years working and still don't achieve what I've achieved so quickly. So I think my only course of action is to work as hard as I can, not just for the sake of the film, but also to prove to these people that I do have talent."
"Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous."
"A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned."
"In general I love to eat anything. I enjoy anything that is well prepared, a good spaghetti, lasagna, taco, steak, sushi, refried beans."
"Let go of rousing speechand identification with thoughtsUntil your endyou will never be jaded."
"Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity."
"The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it."
"Martial art is a form of expression, an expression from your inner self to your hands and legs."
"If a craftsman wants to do good work, he must first sharpen his tools."
"I have witnessed the tremendous energy of the masses. On this foundation it is possible to accomplish any task whatsoever."
"I hate violence, yes I do. It's kind of a dilemma, huh?."
"Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance."
"Be realistic and truthful - and tell Hong Kong businessmen honestly that they should go for long-term investments since it is unlikely money can be made in the short haul."
"HERO is a combination of my personal feeling and the commercialism."
"The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days."
"Those who realize their folly are not true fools."
"When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the situation is gloomy."
"There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general:(1) Recklessness, which leads to destruction;(2) cowardice, which leads to capture;(3) a hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults;(4) a delicacy of honor which is sensitive to shame;(5) over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble."
"Over the next four years, I will continue to listen to different views and accept different suggestions."
"Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun."
"Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible; and hence we can hold the enemy's fate in our hands."
"Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles."
"He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior."
"We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away."
"In the beginning I just wanted to survive. For the first three years, we made zero revenue. I remember many times when I was trying to pay up, the restaurant owner would say, 'Your bill was paid.' And there would be a note saying, 'Mr. Ma, I'm your customer on the Alibaba platform. I made a lot of money, and I know you don't, so I paid the bill.'"
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