Pearl S. Buck Quotes
Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.
Quotes to Explore
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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.
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I think that our civilisation is very much a visual civilisation - television and videos and all this.
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It doesn't matter if you don't have a complete set of anything because repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern, repetition creates pattern.
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Start the practice of self-control with some penance; begin with fasting.
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Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world.
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I came up with this statistic that if a kid makes something himself, he's 90 to 95% likely to try it. And of course, then, if it's good, he'll eat it!
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We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.
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I hope that none of the countries in the Middle East are planning anything but the peaceful utilization of nuclear energy.
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I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.
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I never forgot being poor, and I never stopped thinking how fortunate I am.
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A smart phone essentially creates a dossier of your travels, and consumers have no control over who will eventually see that information.
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Like many kids, I was thrown into recreational soccer in my town, and from there, I grew to love it. Everywhere I went, I carried a soccer ball with me.
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Find something that you love to do, and find a place that you really like to do it in. I found something I loved to do. I'm a mechanical engineer by training, and I loved it. I still do. My son is a nuclear engineer at MIT, a junior, and I get the same vibe from him. Your work has to be compelling. You spend a lot of time doing it.
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Character development is what I value most as a reader of fiction. If an author can manage to create the sort of characters who feel fully real, who I find myself worrying about while I'm walking through the grocery store aisles a week later, that to me is as close to perfection as it gets.
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Originally, I thought English was more my home. But Spanish is so much more romantic. I've had to learn new phrases. I've had to learn to be more secure about singing in Spanish. But I'm working on it.
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Why do I have to be an example for your kid? You be an example for your own kid.
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Never wear anything that panics the cat.
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It is those who concentrates on but one thing at a time who advance in this world. The great man or woman is the one who never steps outside his or her specialty or foolishly dissipates his or her individuality.
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To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
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To be angry about trifles is mean and childish; to rage and be furious is brutish; and to maintain perpetual wrath is akin to the practice and temper of devils; but to prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.
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Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.
