"The most successful hyperpowers are the ones where there was actual intermixing. Tang dynasty China was Chinas golden age, and contrary to what I was told when I was growing up, Tang China was founded by a man who by todays standards was no more than half Chinese. It was a mixed-blood dynasty that pulled in barbarians from the steppe."

-- Amy Chua

#Growing Up Quotes #Successful Quotes #Men Quotes

“I saw the spiders marching through the air, Swimming from tree to tree that mildewed day In latter August when the hay Came creaking to the barn. But where The wind is westerly, Where gnarled November makes the spiders fly Into the apparitions of the sky, They purpose nothing but their ease and die Urgently beating east to sunrise and the sea;”
“I usually base my characters on composites of people I know. One trumpet player in SIDE MAN is really a mix of four different guys I knew growing up. Patsy , the waitress, is a mix of about three different people. I like doing it that way. I start with the characters, as opposed to plot, location, or some visual element. I write more by ear than by eye. I always work on the different sound of each character, trying to make sure each has a specific voice and speech pattern, which some writers could care less about.”
“Take a step, breathe in the world, give it out again in story, poem, song, art.”
“She's been a smack addict, she's had big success in Europe in the '70s, and she's lost everything. She's been rediscovered in the '80s, and as we meet her she's just about to sign a new recording contract.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You're at the top of your game if you do comedy.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I still feel the same way about God's Word as I did when I was 15 and lost my sight.”

Source : Source: www.biblegateway.com
“Hamid Gul is an actor who is definitely not in our good books. Hamid Gul is somebody who was never appreciated by our government.”

Source : "Interview: Pakistan's Zardari On Mumbai, The ISI". Interview with Lally Weymouth, www.newsweek.com. December 12, 2008.
“A veterinarian who naively gave PETA some of the animals, thinking they would find them homes, and examined the dead bodies of others, testified that they were 'healthy' and 'adoptable.'”

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