Chen Guangcheng Quotes
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I love to sit and watch people. I love to sit and listen to people.
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
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No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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I think that for a child to be in a household... with a situation where the parents are not married, as in being one man and one woman, is not the best household for a child.
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I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
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In real life, coincidences happen all the time. In novels, they are leapt upon with fury.
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When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
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All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.
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I care not to debate which came first, Islamism or anti-Muslim bigotry; suffice to say that both feed into each other symbiotically.
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Nothing recedes like progress.
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I have unbelievable trust in my offensive line that they will get the job done. Not only them, but the running backs and as a quarterback, I have to do my job in getting the ball in the right people's hands and doing what I do best.
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Just as we have two eyes and two feet, duality is part of life.
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I am not an insecure actor, and this reflects in the films I have done. Yes, there was a phase when I was adamant on solo hero roles, but that is over now.
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Refugees are the human dimensions of a failed state.
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One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson Mandela in South Africa are examples of people standing up with courage and non-violence to bring about needed changes.
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Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.
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It's a professional military. You sign up and agree to allow your countrymen to use your life as they see fit for the next four years. And I think we all should have a greater role in ensuring that we use those lives wisely.
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Never underestimate the power of confidence. If you believe you're the dopest thing walking, you might convince people of the same just because you're so headstrong about it as a fact.
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I came from a very poor background. I came from children's homes; I came from a violent family, and against all the odds, I succeeded.
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My family moved a lot, so I was always walking in as the new kid.
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My safety and my family's safety are not guaranteed even now.
