Zhang Zhidong Quotes

People who have got to know Western educational methods always claim that the reading of the Classics was a useless waste of time and should be abolished. Such chatter is to be heard from hundreds of people and cannot be stopped. But it is a serious mistake.

Zhang Zhidong

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: chinese
  • Birth: September 4, 1837 - October 5, 1909

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My children were attacked by the Minnesota media when I was governor.

Jesse Ventura

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The historical legacy of 'The Best American Poetry' is they've had very few editors who were not white. They've had very few instances where they've selected poems by non-white poets.

Jenny Zhang

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It's easy to say young people should believe in themselves, but the number one thing is recognizing that it's a journey, that you have to build confidence in yourself.

Andrew Shue

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I've got a huge, huge position in mortgage-backed securities. I started accumulating them in 2009, when the market was really down and things were really scary.

Jeff Greene

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With 'Black Rain,' I spent a lot of time with homicide detectives, and I spent a lot of time with different brokers on 'Wall Street.' It helps get the rhythm of the piece and the tone, and how overplayed or underplayed it might be. That's also the magic of movies: You get to hang out and live these different lives.

Michael Douglas

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I'm not much of a family man. I'm just not that into it. I love kids, I adore them, but I don't want to live my life for them.

Sting

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A lot of acting, and I believe this, is either you can do it or you can't.

Tom Sizemore

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My favourite places on earth are the wild waterways where the forest opens its arms and a silver curve of river folds the traveller into its embrace.

Rory MacLean

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Like Jon Voight, Pat Boone, Kelsey Grammer, and Gary Sinise, Clint Howard is one of the few courageous enough to identify himself publicly as a conservative.

Ronald Kessler

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I quite liked having a baby - I think I won't put it more strongly than that. But I had no intention of allowing motherhood to disrupt my work as an archeologist.

Mary Leakey

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I'm not a great dancer. I know I'm not. But I know that I can move. I can throw shapes, just not in the right order.

Mika

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Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.

Jean de la Bruyere

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