Pearl S. Buck Quotes
The Chinese novel was written primarily to amuse the common people. And when I say amuse I do not mean only to make them laugh, though laughter is also one of the aims of the Chinese novel. I mean amusement in the sense of absorbing and occupying the whole attention of the mind. I mean enlightening that mind by pictures of life and what that life means.
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Occupy Wall Street means making Wall Street and the corporate power elite understand that the people affected by the binge of unregulated greed are not going away, and they are not going to give up.
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I'm never nervous about being vulnerable with my songwriting because my favorite artists are ones that are vulnerable. I want people to feel like they know me.
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The next step in my life is hopefully meeting a nice guy and getting married.
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The tension between the essence of spiritual teachings and the harmful fundamentalism that often arises in the name of religion is an issue that has engaged my mind practically as far back as I can remember.
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Realize that the game of life is the game of, to some extent, being taken advantage of by people who make a science of it. Whether they are in government or personal life or in business, they're everywhere.
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Godot is whatever it is in life that you are waiting for: 'I'm waiting to win the lottery. I'm waiting to fall in love'. For me, as a child, it was Christmas. At least that eventually came.
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I love life and nothing intimidates me anymore.
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People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.
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I don't like it when people don't hold the door. I don't know, that really bugs me... I guess I like manners.
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It's a really scary thing, having your dreams come true and seeing everything you ever wanted happening, getting the attention for it and then not knowing how to handle it properly.
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I get to see life through rose-colored glasses a lot of the time.
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I like a quiet life.
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I've learned through experience that life is never that bad. The secret is just paying attention to how you feel and not letting anyone else dictate what in your heart you know is right.
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You know, food is such - it's a hug for people.
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That's where the good ideas come from: the people, not the boardroom. But you have to be willing to put in the legwork.
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Even though many couples are choosing to marry later in life, our laws haven't been updated to address dating partner abuse.
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I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation.
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I don't dream at night; life has given me the stuff I need to be able to dream during the day. I'm very lucky.
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Entertainment is one of America's greatest exports. And the stories that we tell about people inform the world about how to think about people.
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I don't see democracy getting better. I see democracy diminishing. More rules, more legislation. Eventually governments will see everything.
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If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty.
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I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.
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We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial.
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The Chinese novel was written primarily to amuse the common people. And when I say amuse I do not mean only to make them laugh, though laughter is also one of the aims of the Chinese novel. I mean amusement in the sense of absorbing and occupying the whole attention of the mind. I mean enlightening that mind by pictures of life and what that life means.
