Du Fu Quotes

The weeping voices rise straight up and strike the clouds. A passer-by at the roadside asks a conscript why, The conscript answers only that drafting happens often.

Du Fu

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: chinese
  • Birth: 712 - 770

Topics

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The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism.

John C. Calhoun

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Any time you have change, it costs somebody. Somebody is a loser.

Robert J. Shiller

ChangeTimeLoserYouCostsAny

The most important thing in the world is family and love.

John Wooden

FamilyLoveWorldImportantMost

The fact is, I loved being English. I was very happy to be turned into an English schoolboy.

Tom Stoppard

HappyLovedBeingEnglishFactVery

We have to implant democracies where there are now dictatorships.

Tom Tancredo

NowWhereDictatorships

I enjoy singing; being in touch with something that is inside of me.

Roger Daltrey

MeSingingEnjoyTouchInsideBeing

The crew on 'Varsity Blues' was phenomenal.

Ron Lester

BluesCrewPhenomenal

I grew up in a gym in Miami, the one where Muhammad Ali trained. I had 142 amateur fights and lost three.

Mickey Rourke

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I like the idea of a TV show. You take time to get to know your characters. You can introduce a lot of characters. You don't need your three-action set pieces that you usually need for movies.

Louis Leterrier

TimeYouKnowMoviesNeedPieces

What we do as comics can be a service to people. It can make them laugh and take their mind off their problems for a few minutes.

Lisa Lampanelli

ServicePeopleMindProblemsLaugh

I love cats because I enjoy my home; and little by little, they become its visible soul.

Jean Cocteau

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To do a drawing for a painting most often means doing something very sketchy and schematic and then later making it polished.

Jasper Johns

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