Letitia Elizabeth Landon Quotes
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If a Chinese student does not know Chinese learning, it's like a person without a surname, a horse without a bridle, a boat without a helm. The more Western learning he possesses, the more hateful of China he will become. Even if he becomes a capable man of vast learning, how can he be of any use to the state?
Zhang Zhidong -
I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
Gary Numan -
If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
Ursula K. Le Guin -
I come from a wonderful country with wonderful people.
Nadia Comaneci -
The most important movement in the world is the feminist movement. If we can really figure out what's going on between men and women, the other problems will take care of themselves. I'm sure of it.
Utah Phillips -
In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.
Fiona Apple
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When my father was arrested, we didn't know where they had him. My mother found him at the house of torture. It was called Villa Triste.
Oriana Fallaci -
Individual versus group selection results in a mix of altruism and selfishness, of virtue and sin, among the members of a society.
E. O. Wilson -
It's not that we poor men are so powerful to be able to banish the devil. It's that God gives us the power.
Gabriele Nanni -
I'm not the hands-on guy. I like writing the check, and I turn it over to the guys that make it happen, much like the way I ran my business.
Foster Friess -
It is nearly always the most improbable things that really come to pass.
E. T. A. Hoffmann -
We'll free every slave in every town and region. Can anybody get a bigger army than that?
Dalton Trumbo
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We always knew when we took on the issue of violence against women that somehow our opposition would come after us.
Patricia Ireland -
I don't wanna be Courtney Love - I wanna be Kurt Cobain.
Taylor Momsen -
As President Obama clearly said just a few months ago, China must play by the international rules, the international trading system from which they've benefited so much.
Gary Locke -
The entire educational process must be carried out with love, which is perceptible in every disciplinary measure and which does not instill any fear. And the most effective educational method is not the word of instruction but the living example without which all words remain useless.
Edith Stein -
My parents sent me to a dance class, so it was a road chosen by them, not me. But I enjoyed it so much I knew I would become a performer.
Ziyi Zhang -
When I see a fan coming over, I can't help but make an assumption about what they want to talk about. A middle-aged American woman will head over, and I think, 'Game of Thrones.' Turns out it's 'The Tudors' or 'Elementary' or 'The Hunger Games.' It's always a surprise.
Natalie Dormer
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For women especially, it's important to be financially independent.
Karrine Steffans -
Only by awakening can you know the true meaning of that word.
Eckhart Tolle -
Fashion and interior design are one and the same.
Iris Apfel -
Jeff Kinney is tall and has a great smile, but don't be fooled, he's as slick as they come. A real player. And how he came up with a book that appeals to kids ages 8-13 baffles me. He's an unbelievably kind man with a great family.
Rachael Harris -
There are those who would keep us slipping back into the darkness of division, into the snake pit of racial hatred, of racial antagonism and of support for symbols of the struggle to keep African-Americans in bondage.
Carol Moseley Braun -
-true love is like religion, it hath its silence and its sanctity.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon