Confucius
Philosopher
"What the superior man seeks is in himself; what the small man seeks is in others."
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Mao Zedong
Politician, Revolutionary
"Don't make a fuss about a world war. At most, people die... Half the population wiped out - this happened quite a few times in Chinese history... It's best if half the population is left, next best one-third."
Deng Xiaoping
Politician
"When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself."
Zhuangzi
Philosopher
"Never admire a man by his strength; judge him in how he uses it- A way is made by walking it"
Alec Baldwin
Actor
"Remember, sex is like a Chinese dinner. It ain't over 'til you both get your cookie."
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"Well, if I use Hispanic culture I get corruption and really good salsa music. If I use Chinese culture I get rigid thinking and decent Szechwan. If I use Islamic culture I get...not damned much of anything. And ditto for Africa although at least the rhythm is good and you can dance to it. But if I use Western European Culture I get industry, higher standards of living, longer lifespans and a generally happier society. Damn, I think I'll just have to go with WesternCiv even if I do have to put up with the Lutherans."
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"First, modify the patient's diet and lifestyle and only then, if these do not effect a cure, treat with medicinals and acupuncture."
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"Let's not overlook, though, what we do know about the campaign finance scandal, and the fact the Chinese were involved in our presidential campaign and our congressional campaigns."
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"A child's life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark."
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"It is a great mistake to say that the Chinese are not hospitable. A more graceful, hearty hospitality than that of the Chinese I have met in no land."
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"God has to speak to each person in their own language, in their own idioms. Take Spanish, Chinese. You can express the same thought, but to different people you have to use a different language. Its the same in religion."
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"Everyone eats and drinks; yet only few appreciate the taste of food."
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"The Chinese do not draw any distinction between food and medicine."
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"Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue."
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"Right is not right; so is not so. If right were really right it would differ so clearly from not right that there would be no need for argument. If so were really so, it would differ so clearly from not so that there would be no need for argument."
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"Science has already proven the dangers of smoking, alcohol, and Chinese food, but I can still ruin soft drinks for everyone!."
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"Maybe I'm like acts of Congress or your favorite Chinese restaurant - you don't really want to know what's going on behind the door. I'm a real study in contrast, I expect, looking from without. But it adds up to what you get on stage."
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"All the experience the Chinese people have accumulated through several decades teaches us to enforce the people's democratic dictatorship, that is, to deprive the reactionaries of the right to speak and let the people alone have that right."
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"The real Zen of the old Chinese masters was wu-shih, or "no fuss.""
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"Too many cooks spoil the broth"
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"Never hesitate to ask a lesser person."
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"The spark from a tiny star can ignite the plains."
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"Our parents decided not to teach us Chinese. It was an era when they felt we would be better off if we didn't have that complication."
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"Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire."
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"When my friends and I played cowboys and Indians, I was always the Chinese railroad worker."
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