"The Chinese do not draw any distinction between food and medicine."

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Source : The Importance of Living ch. 9 (1938)

Lin Yutang

#Medicine Quotes #Chinese Quotes #Distinction Quotes

“I really like the stuff that is very absurd and very real at the same time. I think Anton Chekhov is the greatest comedy writer of all time. I think he would make a great addition to The Office staff. If you look through Chekhov plays there is a lot of awkward pauses in there. His mixture of pathos, absurdity, truthfulness and whimsy is just mixed together perfectly.”
“Enjoy yourselves. And Hap: Don't let Umber near the arrows and bows; he's liable to shoot himself in the nose." Dodd grinned and snapped the reins, and the carriage rolled away. Umber sniffed. "One of his lesser poems. Come, Hap.”

Source : P. W. Catanese (2010). “Dragon Games”, p.38, Simon and Schuster
“We have been taught to regard a representative of the people as a sentinel on the watch-tower of liberty.”
“Let's raise kids to be entrepreneurs”

Source : "Let's raise kids to be entrepreneurs". TED Talk, www.ted.com. March 2010.
“Our greatest strength comes not from what we possess, but from what we believe; not from what we have, but from who we are.”

Source : Acceptance speech delivered to the Democratic Party's national convention, www.cnn.com. July 21, 1996.
“Negativity doesn't help me.”
“Each suicidal drama occurs in the mind of a unique individual.”

Source : Edwin S. Shneidman (1998). “The Suicidal Mind”, p.5, Oxford University Press, USA
“I think there's still room for compelling voices to build up and get a great following.”

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