"China is an attractive piece of meat coveted by all ... but very tough, and for years no one has been able to bite into it."

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Source : To the Chinese Communist Party Congress, as quoted in The New York Times, September 1, 1973.

Zhou Enlai

#Years Quotes #Able Quotes #Meat Quotes

“The president of the Arab Republic of Egypt is the commander of the armed forces, full stop.”
“It's easier to be more vulnerable in a smaller environment. It's hard to expect your actors to be able to open up in that way and stay with the level of focus needed when there's so many people on stage.”
“As a leader, you will receive a large amount of praise and criticism and you should not unduly affected by either.”
“But the blessing Christ promised, the blessing of great reward, is a reward of grace. The blessing is promised even though it is not earned. Augustine said it this way: Our rewards in heaven are a result of God's crowning His own gifts.”
“Come into my eyes, and look at me through them, for I have chosen a home far beyond what eyes can see.”
“By close inspection... you will discover the manner of handling the artifices of contrast, glazing, and other expedients, by which good colorists have raised the value of their tints, and by which nature has been so happily imitated.”
“Do you wake up in the morning and first thing, centre yourself by looking at your palms together? Thereby have a nice day.”
“Well, I don't throw things. This particular night I brought one from the floor so to speak, and he ended up getting a cut over his head, and the police came, took him to another side of the hotel, and that was like September 6, 1981.”

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