Hu Shih Quotes

Within my own life, I read all the beloved novels by lamps of vegetable oil; I saw the Standard Oil invading my own village, I saw gas lamps in the Chinese shops in Shanghai; and I saw their elimination by electric lights.

Hu Shih

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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A crime is a crime, regardless of what collar you wear.

Jesse Ventura

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Lebanon, of course, is a country with great problems. Traditionally, they have religious-national groups or ethnic-national groups. They have the Druses. Even the two Moslem sects, the Sunnis and the Shiites, are apart. Then they have the armed groups. Everybody's got a private army.

Menachem Begin

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The traditional route to success in science fiction is by making a name for yourself in short fiction, so people who read science fiction magazines will recognize your byline on a novel.

Robert J. Sawyer

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I love hats, shoes, outfits, handbags, and ethnic jewelery.

Soundarya

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I feel like everything I make is personal to me.

Spike Jonze

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All we know how to do is write music and love God.

Sonny Sandoval

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I believe that peace with the Palestinians is most urgent - urgent than ever before. It is necessary. It is crucial. It is possible. A delay may worsen its chances. Israel and the Palestinians are, in my judgment, ripe today to restart the peace process.

Shimon Peres

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I don't like bungee jumping, but I do like skiing.

Roger Moore

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It has to be a partnership. I go back to Ted Thompson's opening press conference, and he talked about partnership. We had a hell of a partnership for 12 years.

Mike McCarthy

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My dad says I could sing before I could talk, if that's possible. I was always humming and things like that.

Miley Cyrus

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I like diversity. I'd like there to be all levels of gay and straight, all different variations of gender, all colors, all creeds. I'm into seeing that.

LP

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When I was very young, I sold the rights to my work... through 2000.

Juan Gabriel

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