Sun Yat-sen Quotes
China more than two milleniums ago had already considered the idea of democracy, but at that time she could not put it into operation.Sun Yat-sen
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
Hanna Rosin -
In Bollywood, if you work with a superstar, even if you are a newcomer, you become a superstar. That didn't happen with me.
Kangana Ranaut -
Honestly, I envy painters, who can have a masterpiece in one morning. Or musicians, who can write something in 30 minutes and arrange it in an hour, sometimes. 'Cause with this, with writing, you can occasionally feel like a caveman, like you've been working with pitch and tar on this brush.
Barry Hannah -
When I severe my connections with the A.I.A. I do so with my own self respect, as a matter of pride and I am sure within your knowledge of my character.
Ralph Thomas Walker -
The way we're attached to our phones these days, they buzz and twitch in our pockets, and we have to look and see if it was a text, a voicemail, or an e-mail. We're almost like lab rats. I tried to eschew the whole cell phone theory until I had kids; then, I had to be reachable at all times.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
When I was in second grade, my mother moved from Miami to this evangelical conservative environment in western North Carolina, two miles down the road from Billy Graham and his wife, Ruth.
Patricia Cornwell
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The only duty an artist has is in the quality of the art. There is no moral obligation to denounce. An artist confronted with a tremendous injustice sometimes feels inclined to say something. Denouncing the situation is the artist's choice.
Fernando Botero -
I took the longest showers of my life after every time I visited Gramacho. It affects the personality of the catadores. They always dress really well, they're very sharp, and when they go out they always wear a lot of perfume because they're very conscious of the possibility of having the smell.
Vik Muniz -
A kindness received should be returned with a freer hand.
Saint Ambrose -
If your archenemy tried to kill you, this person would attempt to stop him.
Chuck Klosterman -
Barcelona gave me everything, they took a chance on me when nobody else would. I never have any desire to play for anybody else, I will be here for as long as they want me.
Lionel Messi -
It really is very dangerous to believe people. I never have for years.
Agatha Christie
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Beauty is in the strangest places. A piece of garbage floating in the wind. And that beauty exists in America. It exists everywhere. You have to develop an eye for it and be able to see it.
Alan Ball -
Half the shows on Comedy Central are just multi-cam blue sets, and they kind of look like game shows from the '90s. It's like, 'Why do such a bland corporate aesthetic when the sky's the limit with what you can do?'
Eric Andre -
In the early days, myself and my friends were into punk because we had no money, just very basic instruments and skills. It was more about the ethos and the energy.
Alison Moyet -
I really moved through my career based on curiosity about something. I never looked at a title and said, 'I want that.'
Anne Sweeney -
I have always been intrigued by other cultures, and traveling to foreign lands has always been a part of my personal passion for learning about our world.
Ashlan Gorse Cousteau -
Nothing has ever come easy for me.
Patti LuPone
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Incorruptibility by money is the old story... Now it's incorruptibility by media.
Leon Wieseltier -
I tend to write things and review it afterwards and realise what comes out. I very rarely ever write something and have to take it back.
Ellie Goulding -
Environmentalists and secular humanists insist that humans will destroy the planet. Corporate capitalists and many religious fundamentalists have no regard for wildlife and nature. Ultimately, this dualistic battle is based on false premises. In fact, this planet is more powerful than the human species.
Zeena Schreck -
God wants us to delight in living His purpose for us, which is why our passion plays a huge part!
Paige Omartian -
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.
Charles de Montesquieu -
China more than two milleniums ago had already considered the idea of democracy, but at that time she could not put it into operation.
Sun Yat-sen