Cecilia Malmstrom Quotes
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Written by the ancient Chinese philosopher of the same name, the 'Zhuangzi' is one long perplexing puzzle of a rambling collection of enigmatic short stories. It's a strange feeling to laugh at a joke written by someone in the 4th century B.C.
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Are you a Democrat because you're a union member? Then why, after eight years of Bill Clinton, does some Chinese guy in Guangdong province have your job?
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There's a reason that there are oodles of young Aussies, Germans, Japanese, even Chinese backpackers traipsing around the world. They are unencumbered by debilitating student loans. No such luck for the American Theater Arts major with $120,000 in loans.
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I grew up in China, but I live in the U.S. and I want my children to understand what's going on over there. They ask me sometimes, 'Are we Chinese or Australians?' My family are in L.A., New York and China, and they have the freedom to go back and forth, which is really, really nice.
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I want, through my roles, to express the parts in the hearts of Chinese women that they feel unable to let out.
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The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.
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Foreign capital to build new cinemas will help modernize China's aging cinema infrastructure, attract Chinese consumers back into cinemas, and increase demand for U.S. films.
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I don't mind doing action or kung fu, but I'm also really happy to do something dramatic. I'd like to show that a Chinese girl doesn't have to do crazy martial arts to get the part.
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I believe that the Tibetans should have the right to control their own destinies and decide for themselves whether they want to be part of China or not. But this view isn't shared by most Chinese, or even the leaders of most Western democracies. As long as the Communist Party is in power, there is little hope for Tibet.
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Many Chinese companies are run like military camps with military discipline. We do not run a company that way. It does not help the creative process.
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Putting our ecosystem in great peril is certainly not a part of Chinese culture that I know.
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I grew up in a Chinese family where the parents' No. 1 priority is the kids' education.
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I think U.S. and Chinese businesses need a common language and dialogue.
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I wanted to analyse and understand how the Chinese people could have their lives so crushed by fear.
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I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these things do not mix?
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Sultan Aladdin… had few illusions about his own people: amiable, well-favoured, courteous, they loved rest better than industry… their function was to remind the toiling Chinese, Indians and British of the ultimate vanity of labour.
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China has The Bomb. ... Sometime in the future-25, 50, 75 years hence-what will the situation be like then? By that time the Chinese will have the capability of delivery too. That's the reason some schools of thinking don't rule out a destruction of the Chinese military potential before the situation grows worse than it is today. It's bad enough now.
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A fine line separates Chinese intellectuals and professors from the political gangsters who protect them.
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China protects the Chinese, America protects the Americans, I don't see why Europe should not protect the Europeans.
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I was raised, myself, by extremely strict but also extremely loving Chinese immigrant parents. To this day, I believe that their having high expectations for me, coupled with love, was the greatest gift that anyone's ever given me. And so that's why, even though my husband is not Chinese, I try to raise my own two daughters the same way.
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Growing up as Chinese-American, as someone who experienced racism, questions of 'otherness' are always at the forefront of my mind.
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My University of Management will create managers who will float in happiness, success and fulfillment.
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You guys own the Muppets, and you're just kind of sitting on 'em. I really love the Muppets, and I think I know how to bring the franchise back.
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It is time for the Chinese to make good on their word.
