Wild Swans' showed me there are Chinese traditions that still affect my life. For example, it's not that women are inferior, exactly,… — Katie Leung Copy Share Image
Traditional Chinese art looked at the Earth from a Confucian mountain top; Japanese art looked closely around screens; Italian Renaissance art surveyed… — John Berger Copy Share Image
My mom was a house mom when we were growing up, and that's all I knew about her. I had a really… — Amber Liu Copy Share Image
As the architecture of a country always follows the earliest structures, American architecture should be a refinement of the log-house. The Egyptian… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Like it or not, Google and the Chinese government are stuck in a tense, long-term relationship, and can look forward to more… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
Travel provided many interesting experiences, but perhaps the most useful lesson I learned was that I really had no proficiency for learning… — Eric Allin Cornell Copy Share Image
I think that in any family - black, white, Chinese, Spanish, whatever - family is family. You know that there's dysfunction, and… — Lauren London Copy Share Image
When I was two years old, I heard about his [Dalai Lama] flight from Tibet. Being very little, I said, "Oh, good… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
They said [on a day show], oh, you can't do a Chinese accent. That's - and I said, I'm not doing a… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
The only two countries who will be able to launch people into space will be Russia and China. I've seen the Russian… — Leroy Chiao Copy Share Image
When I was in government, the South African economy was growing at 4.5% - 5%. But then came the global financial crisis… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Pride in one's own race - and that does not imply contempt for other races - is also a normal and healthy… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
The president receives an inspector general's report that the Office of Personnel Management could be hacked into; they had antiquated firewalls; 23… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
The human species has all but lost its heart; we gave it up for the illusionary fruits of the material world. But… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The verb 'to darn' is explained in my pocket dictionary as follows: 'To mend by imitating the texture of the stuff, with… — Daniele Vare Copy Share Image
Shocked to learn of the serious attacks against certain areas in New York City and Washington D.C. on September 11, which caused… — Jiang Zemin Copy Share Image
Most American Hispanics don't belong to one race, either. I keep telling kids that, when filling out forms, they should put "yes"… — Richard Rodriguez Copy Share Image
When my family did shy away from Indian food, we'd eat a lot of Chinese. We'd use the wok a lot. I… — Parvesh Cheena Copy Share Image
You can argue about globalization and the many benefits it has had, but also you have to appeal to the mass with… — Ruth Wilson Copy Share Image
I was told that The Chinese said they would bury me by the Western Lake and build a shrine to my memory.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
I'm a quarter Chinese and three-quarter Filipino. I don't look Filipino; I look more Chinese or Korean. It actually works in my… — Reggie Lee Copy Share Image
People do not think in English or Chinese or Apache; they think in a language of thought. This language of thought probably… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
There is a long tradition in China for writers and journalists to take pen names, partly as protection from retaliation by authorities.… — Michael Anti Copy Share Image
In 1925 - 27 the revolution in China was destroyed by the false revolutionary strategy of the Stalinist faction. To this last… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
Country town to the city heart, in every corner of the globe you'll find a Chinatown, a Chinese restaurant or an Asian… — Melissa Leong Copy Share Image
I'll always be Chinese first. It probably isn't politically correct to say or something that the majority understands; I can change my… — Eddie Huang Copy Share Image
China has consistently surprised us. When I returned from the United States many years ago, it was unimaginable that we would end… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
My form is more on the lines of a Chinese porcelain-jar juggler. They learn it as a child. They learn, learn, learn,… — Michael Moschen Copy Share Image
Like all food, whether you're talking about Persian food, or Chinese food, or Swedish food, it's always a reflection of wars, trading,… — Marcus Samuelsson Copy Share Image
Chinese landscape paintings often include tiny figures - as if to emphasize the grandeur of nature of which humankind is one small… — Barbara Ann Kipfer Copy Share Image
One of the great famines in human history took place during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. [At the same time] Western journalists were… — George Friedman Copy Share Image
I feel very sorry for the one or two North Korean defectors who were caught by Chinese police while entering South Korean… — Kim Young-sam Copy Share Image
It made me think about a whole area of human activity that was not really a concern to me before that, because… — Ron Silver Copy Share Image
When I was a child, I was always nicking my mum's jewellery to wear, and I loved to drape a massive Chinese… — Alice Temperley Copy Share Image
It is worthwhile to engage in something that is close to one's heart. I had a scholarship. So if I donate money… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
My father has always been interested in discarding the past. He's never much liked China or the whole idea behind China or… — David Henry Hwang Copy Share Image
New Republican Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is fluent in Chinese. In a short period of time the Republicans have come quite a… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
I don't think that I had any idea that 'Fear of Flying' would become a part of the culture. I had no… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
When it comes to Pakistan, the first word that comes to the mind of the Chinese is 'iron brother.' To us Chinese,… — Li Keqiang Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm like acts of Congress or your favorite Chinese restaurant - you don't really want to know what's going on behind… — David Lee Roth Copy Share Image
![“When I was two years old, I heard about his [Dalai Lama] flight from Tibet. Being very little, I said, "Oh, good Tibetans, bad Chinese." Those were the black-and-white ways that I thought.” quote by Pico Iyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e0f/pico-iyer-1252_black_when-i-was-two-years-old-i-heard-about-h_2364775.jpg)
![“They said [on a day show], oh, you can't do a Chinese accent. That's - and I said, I'm not doing a Chinese accent. I'm doing my friend's accent. And they said, yeah, you can't do that. And I said, OK, but can I do a Russian accent? And they said, yeah, yeah, of course, you can do that. I said, and…” quote by Trevor Noah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/037/trevor-noah-1603_accents_they-said-on-a-day-show-oh-you-can-t-do_1030437.jpg)
![“One of the great famines in human history took place during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. [At the same time] Western journalists were reporting how marvelously Chinese society was working. We know so little [about what happens in China].” quote by George Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d49/george-friedman-7436_china_one-of-the-great-famines-in-human-histor_3063309.jpg)
