Hu Shih Quotes

On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now on I resolved to write no more poems in the classical language, and to begin my experiments in writing poetry in the so-called vulgar tongue of the people.

Hu Shih

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: chinese
  • Birth: December 17, 1891 - February 24, 1962

Topics

PoetryPeopleWritingLanguageNow

The next summer, 1794, corn grew dear, and distress began in our land.

Joanna Southcott

SummerLandNextCornDistressOur

With acting, you wanna see if you can get into trouble without knowing how you're gonna get out of it. It's like the exact opposite of war, where you need an exit strategy. When you're acting, you should get all the way into trouble with no exit strategy, and have the cameras rolling.

John Cusack

WarStrategyYouActingTroubleWay

Few targets of ridicule are as easy to hit as owners and handlers of competitive show dogs.

Meghan Daum

EasyDogsCompetitiveShowRidicule

It strikes me that presidential campaigns can often bring out the worst as well as the best in us.

John Ortberg

BestMeWorstOutBringWell

I think maybe we were just a little bit overdone. It was saturated. People may have gotten tired of us. We were everywhere, all the time.

Robin Zander

TimeTiredPeopleThinkLittleMay

If the world's a veil of tears, Smile till rainbows span it.

Lucy Larcom

SmileTearsWorldVeilRainbows

At the end of the day, we always show that truth triumphs. We don't leave the movie in the middle saying, 'Great, pick whatever you want to and go out there and do something wrong'. Bollywood is not the only influence in a person's life. They are also affected by their family and friends.

Juhi Chawla

LifeFamilyTruthGreatDaySaying

The music I want to hear in my head sounds somewhere between Jimi Hendrix and Massive Attack. It's not really like my dad, but there will always be similarities because we have the same vocal cords, and I learnt the guitar the way he taught me.

Dhani Harrison

MusicMeGuitarWantWillWay

I know how I like my food. I like it spicy, salty, sticky, crunchy, juicy, oozy - basically any dish you know and love, jacked up to a bordering-on-socially-unacceptable amount of flavor.

Chrissy Teigen

LoveFoodYouKnowSpicySalty

I design my start-up ventures around my own personal beliefs and values.

Cindy Gallop

DesignValuesPersonalMy OwnOwn

Slavery is America's original sin and was the great global injustice of that age.

Chrystia Freeland

AgeGreatSlaveryAmericaInjustice

As you go along, you literally collect places. I'm fed up with going to places; I shan't go to anymore.

Bruce Chatwin

YouGoPlacesUpGoingFed Up

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