Ma Jun Quotes
When I look at China's environmental problems, the real barrier is not lack of technology or money. It's lack of motivation.
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May the soul of the late President Milton Obote... a long-time member of this parliament, rest in peace.
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference.
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As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
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When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.
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Even as a 10-year-old, I remember trying to explain to my mother and stepfather how upset and frustrated a messy room made me. But they just couldn't grasp it. They wanted me to be playing with baseballs and frogs while I wanted to be scouring garage sales.
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The country has undergone a profound social upheaval, the greatest the proletariat has ever known.
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The 'We Have Overcome' generation has run out of intellectual creativity but refuses to leave the political stage.
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I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.
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Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.
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For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff.
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After seeing 'Big,' I wanted an elevator that opened directly into my apartment, just like Tom Hanks did.
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Studies show that children of divorced parents can have outcomes as positive as those coming from intact homes, provided the father remains financially supportive and active in his children's lives.
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I remember walking out in front of that crowd, all the parents' faces and the applause, and folding my little self in half and thinking, 'I could get used to this.' And I just never stopped.
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In the world of language, or in other words in the world of art and liberal education, religion necessarily appears as mythology or as Bible.
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One of life's fundamental truths states, 'Ask and you shall receive.' As kids we get used to asking for things, but somehow we lose this ability in adulthood. We come up with all sorts of excuses and reasons to avoid any possibility of criticism or rejection.
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If it wasn't for golf, I'd probably still be peddling jewelry or be in the sugar mills somewhere.
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'What’s Hell?' inquired Wild-Eye. 'You should visit before you pass judgement on a place. And have you never heard it said, the Dark One is a gentleman?'
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What comes through my head is going to come out of my mouth.
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She then gave her a pair of slippers made of glass, the prettiest in the world.
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Russia itself is an extremely complex country, and sometimes I feel like all of that comes back to haunt me. I can see why so many Russian writers were so tortured.
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I believe in saving money. I believe in having a house. I believe in keeping things clean. I believe in exercising. Slow and steady is a very good thing for me. It works for me.
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When I look at China's environmental problems, the real barrier is not lack of technology or money. It's lack of motivation.
