Hu Shih Quotes
Whenever you do something without asking yourself, "Why am I doing this?"-that is meaningless life... . The "why" of life makes it meaningful... . Only when an answer is given is one living life as a man.
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I've always had better luck learning things on my own. And I really love the challenge of doing it yourself and kind of being alone against the system.
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I think people have a hard time thinking that I could've done a sitcom.
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There's so much emphasis on Daniel Day-Lewis and his process, which is appropriately his own. But I was just blown away by his generosity as an actor. He's so giving as an actor that he just naturally commands the focus on set.
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One of the dreariest spots on life's road is the point of conviction that nothing will ever again happen to you.
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Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve.
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The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.
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I've been getting pulled from newspapers for my entire career.
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There is a sense of purity in theatre which always attracts me. Deep down, I feel I am more of an artist than a commodity, which Bollywood turns you into. I want to strike a balance.
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I don't like a lot of frills and fusses.
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I am attracted to intelligence, a witty sense of humor, an adventurous outlook on life and spiritual awareness about one's self and the world.
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I don't play many characters like myself. Oh I don't know what I am!
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I just got sick of not being able to raise money for a movie - that's what happens, so I just made my own.
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My father was a gambler. My father could not resist a casino or a card game. He loved gambling.
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My politics are private, but many of my feminist politics cross over into my professional life.
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Conversion is not my intention. Changing religion is not easy. You may develop some kind of confusion or difficulties.
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History is much more the product of chaos than of conspiracy.
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The only saving grace of the present is that it's too damned stupid to question the past very closely.
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This country … abounds in that Cuba is a heaven in the spiritual sense of the word, and we prefer to die in heaven than serve in hell.
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A liberation struggle is like a struggle against dirt. No matter what type of bath you takein three weeks you'll smell like you've never seen a bathtub. What we don't understand about a liberation struggle is you never win it, any more than you "win" clean dishes. As soon as you eat on them, the dishes are dirty again.
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There are now two Syrias. One is run by men who fight for God, not democracy. The other is ruled by a secular but authoritarian regime accused of many crimes against its people. The choice between the two will not be decided at the polls.
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It is women who must clean up the mess men make, the mess everything makes
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Whenever you do something without asking yourself, "Why am I doing this?"-that is meaningless life... . The "why" of life makes it meaningful... . Only when an answer is given is one living life as a man.
