Lin Dan Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.
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We didn't have much money growing up, so we hopped around L.A. a lot in the '70s, '80s and '90s. I'm very familiar with the shifting culture there.
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I have no problems with remakes, and I think it's interesting. I mean, coming from the theater, we've been remaking 'Hamlet' for a hundred years, so it's no problem to me at all. A good story can be told in many different ways in different places; I just think it's interesting.
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It's very disincentivizing to have others take care of your needs.
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In 1853, American warships bullied Japan out of centuries of virtual isolation and into the modern world. The threat of force compelled Japan, like India and China before it, to accept trade agreements that were economically ruinous and eroded national sovereignty.
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The whole structure of science gradually grows, but only as it is built upon a firm foundation of past research.
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I've probably read more bad science fiction than anyone else alive. But I've also read more good science fiction than anyone else alive.
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Give the peasants neither life nor death.
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Green how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches.
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I loved Riot Grrl. Not only was it a punk rock revolution, but it meant you could get dressed for a night out for less than two pounds!
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There are big problems that change the world. If we are working together, that will make us understand each other, appreciate each other, help each other.
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Statistics suggest that when customers complain, business owners and managers ought to get excited about it. The complaining customer represents a huge opportunity for more business.
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Nonfiction requires enormous discipline. You construct the terms of your story, and then you stick to them.
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The decision to open up Bahrain to embrace all people indiscriminately was fostered in me ever since I was a child.
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Everything in my life - family, friends, even my fiance - are all second to soccer. And I've won every tournament where I haven't had anyone there. It just seems to work for me. I don't think I'm going to change that.
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The earth has grown a nervous system, and it's us.
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In accordance with the prarabdha of each, the One whose function it is to ordain makes each to act. What will not happen will never happen, whatever effort one may put forth. And what will happen will not fail to happen, however much one may seek to prevent it. This is certain. The part of wisdom therefore is to stay quiet.
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Time is the wealth of change, but the clock in its parody makes it mere change and no wealth.
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When I was in nursery school, the teachers asked me, y'know, 'What does your dad do for a living?' So I said 'He helps women get pregnant!' They called my mom and they were like, 'What exactly does your husband do?'
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I like being able to see an innocence in people. I see a lot of beauty in youth. Young people are in progress. Their faces and bodies and minds are constantly changing. It's exciting to capture that on film.
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The best part of getting to do what you like is just doing it. That doesn't have to do with being famous or even successful or even powerful. I see people in life who are just doing a job and seem to be having a good time. And that's the trick.
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I used to look like an American flag. The Padre uniform makes me look like a taco. Actually, the transition has been great. Ive made 25 new friends, and I never thought I wanted to be anything other than a Dodger, but this is fun.
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I invite Mr. Lee Chong Wei to visit China frequently.
