"I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times." — Charles de Lint
"I'm not Chinese. I thrive in interesting times."
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Charles de Lint
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189 Quotes by Charles de Lint
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An now the silences come in a single lifetime, in a single year... when species die, leaving a silent space…
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The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.
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There are few joys to compare with the telling of a well-told tale.
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We're all made of stories. When they finally put us underground, the stories are what will go on.
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The trouble with advice is that it's usually something you don't want to hear.
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The fey wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them.
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We call them faerie. We don't believe in them. Our loss.
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Sculptors, poets, painters, musicians-they're the traditional purveyors of Beauty. But it can as easily be created by a gardener, a…
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What I want to do is travel deep and deeper into the dreamlands, to find that place that I know…
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One expected growth, change; without it, the world was less, the well of inspiration dried up, the muses fled.
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Let it go on record that any confusion arose simply because we lacked certain commonalities of reference.
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There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back.
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Remember, sex is like a Chinese dinner. It ain't over 'til you both get your cookie.
— Alec Baldwin
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I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed…
— Martha Beck
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Traditional Chinese art looked at the Earth from a Confucian mountain top; Japanese art looked closely around screens; Italian Renaissance…
— John Berger
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The Italians and Spanish, the Chinese and Vietnamese see food as part of a larger, more essential and pleasurable part…
— Anthony Bourdain
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We send missionaries to China so the Chinese can get to heaven, but we won't let them into our country.
— Pearl S. Buck
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Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.
— Pearl S. Buck
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Nothing and no one can destroy the Chinese people. They are relentless survivors.
— Pearl S. Buck
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Absolutely the United States should lead in space, for the survival of the United States. It's inspiring for the next…
— Buzz Aldrin
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All the Chinese have to do is fly around the Moon and back, and they'll appear to have won the…
— Buzz Aldrin
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To send humans back to the moon would not be advancing. It would be more than 50 years after the…
— Buzz Aldrin
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We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male…
— Nicolas Cage
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We need the Chinese to - you know, spend more, save less - consume more and not be so focused…
— David Cameron
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