JOSS-STICKS- Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of our holy religion. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“Only those who have tasted the bitterest of the bitter can become people who stand out among others. -Guanchang Xianxing Ji” — Matthew Polly Copy Share Image
Chinese architecture has a complete organic structure; it contains both sensibility and purpose. — Wu Guanzhong Copy Share Image
She [Chien-Shiung Wu] is a slave driver. She is the image of the militant woman so well known in Chinese literature as… — Emilio G. Segre Copy Share Image
Because the Chinese insistence on one child, I think the proportion of older, non-working age population is going to rise sharply in… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
I think the Chinese do have visions of being a great power. And I think it's legitimate. And I don't see that… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
The only part of Christian teachings which will be truly accepted by the Chinese people is Christ's injunction to be "harmless as… — Lin Yutang Copy Share Image
One day, people in China may be able to see the records of conversations between multinational tech companies and the Chinese authorities. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
At the beginning of my career as a writer, I felt I knew nothing of Chinese culture. I was writing about emotional… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
In Businessweek magazine, they did a story a while ago about one of the ten things that the Chinese most want. One… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Ancient tradition always depicts a true Chinese musician as blind. Esoterically, this implies that his gift of the divine art is so… — Corinne Heline Copy Share Image
Like a Chinese box, the world of the novel contained smaller worlds, and inside those were yet smaller worlds. Together, these worlds… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Of all the peoples of the world, the Chinese are probably the most at home with their excrement. They know its value.… — Rose George Copy Share Image
President Bush said that American workers will need new skills to get the new jobs in the 21st century. Some of the… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
“We set our own limits on love. Some of us bind our hearts like Chinese women bind their feet. The binding is… — Kate McGahan Copy Share Image
What we're trying to look for is a process that is not responding to political pressures, but one that is responding to… — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
I was used on a number of occasions by the United States and China as a conduit. For instance, I was up… — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
Do you like my working persona?" Saiman asked softly. "An aesthetically pleasing combination of intelligence and elegance, wouldn't you say?" Aren't we… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
On those remote pages [of 'a certain Chinese encyclopedia'] it is written that animals are divided into (a) those that belong to… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The Internet is the best thing that ever happened to China. It turns us into individuals and also enables us to share… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Mike Pence came out and said this was a courtesy call, then Donald Trump a few hours later went on Twitter, as… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
The Japanese army is now prepared to use every means within its power to subdue its opponents. The objectives of the Japanese… — Iwane Matsui Copy Share Image
There is the specter of "realism" that is still haunting Chinese contemporary art - that art is only an instrument, an instrument… — Wang Jianwei Copy Share Image
“The Chinese considered the moon to be yin, feminine and full of negative energy, as opposed to the sun that was yang… — Yangsze Choo Copy Share Image
I'm gradually beginning to feel that we Chinese need to be controlled. If we're not being controlled, we'll just do what we… — Jackie Chan Copy Share Image
I work for a company that makes deceptively shallow serving dishes for Chinese restaurants. — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Everywhere in Africa, you see Indian, Chinese, Brazilian businesses. Other than Coca Cola and the oil companies, it is very rare to… — Mo Ibrahim Copy Share Image
The Chinese government does not engage in theft of commercial secrets in any form, nor does it encourage or support Chinese companies… — Xi Jinping Copy Share Image
Liu Fang is a truly gifted, world-famous player of the pipa and the guzheng, classical Chinese stringed instruments. — Guy Gavriel Kay Copy Share Image
Daughters-in-law lived with their husbands' parents, not their own; a synonym for marriage in Chinese is "taking a daughter-in-law. — Maxine Hong Kingston Copy Share Image
During the civilisation and development process of more than 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has made an indelible contribution to the civilisation… — Xi Jinping Copy Share Image
Many of the Central Asians know Russian, and Ted Levin speaks it fluently. I speak Chinese, but Mongolian is completely different, so… — Yo-Yo Ma Copy Share Image
On the face of it, China has won the Olympics. But it is not China that has won, but the Communist party.… — Ma Jian Copy Share Image
The great quality of the 'Three Kingdoms' is that it seems to encapsulate and portray every facet of the Chinese personality. — Ma Jian Copy Share Image
If we expose the Chinese to our freedoms, it may create a greater hunger for democracy, reform and liberties in China. — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
To call yourself a Chinese artist or woman artist or African artist reflects a certain kind of condition. To me, that is… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Chinese buildings are like American buildings, with big footprints. People don't care about daylight or fresh air. — Helmut Jahn Copy Share Image
I have Chinese blood in me... I am not ashamed to admit that perhaps the great leaders of our country all have… — Ferdinand Marcos Copy Share Image
Throughout my career, I was to be cast as a frontier girl, an aristocrat, an Arabian, a Eurasian, a Polynesian, and a… — Gene Tierney Copy Share Image
I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed to Asian… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
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