Li Peng Quotes
People of all countries have the right to choose their own social system and road to development in the light of their national conditions and characteristics.
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Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television.
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Everybody in the Middle East wants to explain why they're right.
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You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this?' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word.
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Between their rise in the thirteenth century and their sudden fall in the seventeenth, when the line abruptly ended, the Medicis produced three popes, two queens, and many Florentine rulers, and they supported the work of Galileo, Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Botticelli - a veritable parade of geniuses.
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About half the people at Valve have run their own companies, so they always have the option not just to take a job at another game company, but to go start their own company. The question you always have to answer is, 'How are we making these people more valuable than they would be elsewhere?'
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I wanted to see how flavors, spices, and grains traveled back and forth along the Silk Road and were interpreted by a multitude of cultures' palates.
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No matter where you are on the political spectrum, libraries make sense. It's such a small investment. Every dollar supporting a library system returns five dollars to the community.
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My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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When I was living in New York, there was a lot of screaming in my life. I would just get into these altercations all the time. Being in public, dealing with shopkeepers, just trying to cross the street - things like that.
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I know the pressures of being the daughter of a great actress. But it's inspiring. You learn so much that other people don't get to learn until later on. My father being a director, I learnt a real work ethic.
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I feel very English. I'm proud of it. I wanted there to be a thread connecting everything, the songs, clothes, artwork, even the string arrangements. It all creates a certain atmosphere.
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I grew up in an era of pretty severe poverty. My parents weathered the Great Depression, and money was always a very big concern. I was weaned on a shortage mentality and placed in foster homes largely because there simply wasn't enough money to take care of the most basic of needs.
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I'm certainly relishing the idea of living a century. Can you imagine that? What an achievement.
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Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important.
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You say something, things you would rather forget, and then they are out there. It makes me anxious and I don't know why people are interested in me anyway. If I had my way, I would rather exist in a little hole and not speak to anyone.
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When you know who you truly are, you can live more freely and in tune with your karma.
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I'd have loved to have appeared in 'Absolutely Fabulous' - that's one of my favourite shows.
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Everything I do, I'm sort of half in, half out.
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I can't imagine being quite as lucky at any other time - I certainly never have been before. That goes right down from my producing partners to people like Eddie Vedder. But the two things that make me feel that this was meant to be now and not before was that the story itself has more resonance today - I find it a more important story today than it was then - and Emile.
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You can never really pay back. You can only pay forward.
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People of all countries have the right to choose their own social system and road to development in the light of their national conditions and characteristics.
