Zhang Zhidong Quotes

The dependencies of inner and outer Mongolia are the bulwarks of China. The desert of Gobi, stretching for ten thousand li, is a barrier set by Heaven to the Russians, and if they seek to invade our borders, they will find it everywhere along the Northern frontier difficult and troublesome.

Zhang Zhidong

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DesertFindHeavenWillDifficult

Now most people do not want an ordinary life in which they do a job well, earn the respect of their collaborators and competitors, bring up a family and have friends. That's not enough any more, and I think that is absolutely tragic - and I'm not exaggerating - that people feel like a decent, ordinary, fun life is no longer enough.

John Cleese

LifeFamilyRespectJobFunPeople

In the Everybody-Give-Me-A-Hug victim culture in which we live, the obese want a spot at the table along with those who face discrimination based on the way that God or Nature or our Intelligent Designer created us.

John Ridley

NatureLiveGodCultureFaceTable

Why are we born? We're born eventually to die, of course. But what happens between the time we're born and we die? We're born to live. One is a realist if one hopes.

Studs Terkel

LiveTimeDieBornWhyRealist

My father was a soccer player. All my friends played basketball though, so I stuck with basketball.

Steve Nash

FatherBasketballFriendsSoccer

I never owned a pair of blue jeans until I met my second wife.

Roger Stone

WifeBlueNeverJeansBlue Jeans

In L.A. everyone is an actor. In Texas, everyone's a musician.

Minka Kelly

TexasActorEveryoneMusician

The author knows just what he wants to illustrate and how he would like it to be done.

Louis Leakey

DoneJustWouldLikeKnowsHe

So I'm in quite the wrong profession obviously.

Dirk Bogarde

WrongProfessionQuiteObviously

Outside of being home with my family, I prefer a crowd.

Clive Owen

FamilyHomeOutsideBeingCrowd

I can only say that in life when you have the greatest expectations and you try to do things the right way, it doesn't always work out.

Brad Grey

LifeWorkExpectationsYouI Can

It's heartbreaking to see so many people trapped in a web of enforced idleness, deep debt, and gnawing self-doubt.

William J. Clinton

PeopleDeepDebtTrappedSeeWeb

All I wanted to do was create theater for us, for our generation, for the people of this planet. And it's so rare that the art that you are making is reaching a huge mass of people.

Phillipa Soo

ArtPeopleGenerationYouCreateUs

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