Han Suyin Quotes
Exploitation and oppression is not a matter of race. It is the system, the apparatus of world-wide brigandage called imperialism, which made the Powers behave the way they did. I have no illusions on this score, nor do I believe that any Asian nation or African nation, in the same state of dominance, and with the same system of colonial profit-amassing and plunder, would have behaved otherwise.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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Throwing money at something doesn't really create - forgive me that onerous word - art.
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No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.
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Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on!
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To live is like to love - all reason is against it, and all healthy instinct for it.
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If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
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'Castle' is a guy living in a fantasy world. He's in his imagination, writing these stories of murder.
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When we write about Auschwitz, we must know that Auschwitz, in a certain sense at least, suspended literature. One can only write a black novel about Auschwitz or - you should excuse the expression - a cheap serial, which begins in Auschwitz and is still not over.
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I've been married to the same woman for forty years, and whenever people ask us how we managed to stay married for so long, we usually say as one voice, 'What's the secret? Don't get divorced!'
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Pray to Christ for me that the animals will be the means of making me a sacrificial victim for God.
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The truth is I had lots of rehab and now I have a clean bill of health.
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Adolescence as the time when an individual 'recapitulates' the savage stage of the race's past.
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I never liked you, and I always will.
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I don't think anyone really is interested in reading about my emotional state. It's not even interesting to me.
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We are beginning to see the benefits of global consolidation.
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I have a Guinness Book of World Records entry as the most-watched person on television; now I have a new entry as the only man who has a crab named after him.
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Man always kills the thing he loves, and so we the pioneers have killed our wilderness. Some say we had to. Be that as it may, I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?
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I use Olay Total Effects Tone Correcting CC Cream in place of foundation post-workout. I absolutely love that it's quick, easy, and something I can use on the go. It evens out my skin tone, provides SPF 15 protection, and leaves my skin feeling breathable, healthy, and moisturized.
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Be patient; patience is a pillar of faith.
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Exploitation and oppression is not a matter of race. It is the system, the apparatus of world-wide brigandage called imperialism, which made the Powers behave the way they did. I have no illusions on this score, nor do I believe that any Asian nation or African nation, in the same state of dominance, and with the same system of colonial profit-amassing and plunder, would have behaved otherwise.
