Du Fu Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled.
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The talent curve in game-making is going straight up to Heaven.
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I'm only 26 - I don't know anything about life yet. Life is like a puzzle and my pieces are spread all over the world.
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I'm extremely fascinated by marriage. I want to study marriage. I want to learn about it. I want to know it. I want to figure out whether or not I want to do it. I'm not just going to leap into it, because that's not good for anybody.
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Enthusiasm will steady the heart and strengthen the will; it will give force to the thought and nerve to the hand until what was only a possibility becomes a reality.
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Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
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England has always been disinclined to accept human nature.
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I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.
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The ultimate end is a nation that lies under the concept of the Declaration of Indepen dence. The Declaration of Independence is such an extraordinary statement - it was designed by people skeptical of government, local or national, but in particular national.
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When an individual is protesting society's refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.
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I could just go to the horse races and take lovely holidays, but I have some strong views, and I want to make a difference.
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Negative publicity makes people forget your best times.
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After '45, Ben Gurion started to organize the Zionist movement and the conference in Baltimore. At this convention, they decided that the helm of the Zionist movement has to be a Jewish commonwealth... a Jewish commonwealth!
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We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges.
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When I read something, I picture that scene in that detail. That becomes very similar to composing a photo in real life.
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I don't spend much time on Twitter. I joined because I found it funny.
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But it then very soon became clear that the response of a war against terrorism, initially conceived of in a metaphorical sense, began to be taken increasingly seriously and came to entail waging a real war.
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'Every drama school in the country turned me down, and so I was lucky to study drama at all, even if it was lowly Birmingham University. But even when I came out with my degree, my mother promptly insisted I go straight to secretarial college to have something to fall back on, just in case – which didn’t exactly fill me with confidence.'
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When it comes to work, there is a fear factor around meritocracy. People are afraid of being openly judged. However, when you know what you are being measured against, it's empowering.
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Even now I don't consider myself skinny, but I have put a lot of hard work into my body over the years, and in the process, I've really learned to love myself.
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Good schools, like good societies and good families, celebrate and cherish diversity.
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國破山河在。
