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Quotes by Chinese Authors

"The world is getting so small. Young people are mobile; they want to travel around the world. When you travel around the world, you exchange culture, you want to make friends, you want to exchange things."



"I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors."



"There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare."



"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence."



"The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later."



"When I was 12 years old, I got interested in learning English."



"My job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure more people get rich, because you cannot spend a lot of money, right? So my job is spending money, helping others. This is a headache."



"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."



"A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, 'Jackie, are you scared?' Of course I'm scared. I'm not Superman."



"The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution."



"A multi-polar world can not exist without recognising the status and participation of developing countries."



"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."



"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."



"A peace talk is always difficult, always complicated."



"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."



"Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted to do, and frankly I don't think I was ready to do a big production like this."



"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."



"Passivity is fatal to us. Our goal is to make the enemy passive."



"When the best leader's work is done the people say, "We did it ourselves.""



"Large skepticism leads to large understanding. Small skepticism leads to small understanding. No skepticism leads to no understanding."


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