Quotes
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Wang Anyi
"But do not look down on even the most minute of things; for with the coming of daybreak, even the tiniest particles of dust in this world sing and dance in the sunlight." --
Source : Wang Anyi (2008). “The Song of Everlasting Sorrow: A Novel of Shanghai”, p.199, Columbia University Press
Wang Anyi
#Dust Quotes
#World Quotes
#Looks Quotes
“Civilization is the mastery of violence, the triumph, constantly challenged, over the aggressive nature of the primate. For primates we have been and primates we shall remain, however often we learn to find joy in a camellia on moss. This is the very purpose of education.”
“My psychiatrist prescribed a game of golf as an antidote to the feelings of euphoria I experience from time to time.”
Source : Bruce Lansky (2011). “Golf, It's Just a Game: The Best Quotes & Cartoons About Golf”, p.14, Simon and Schuster
“Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves ?Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here ?Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change ?”
“Writers are given one great story to tell their story. I’m telling my story as a political document.”
“One comes, and one goes. Basically, what you leave behind is the record.”
“We are continuous with all the particles of our physical being, as in our breathing we are continuous with the sky. Between our bodies and the world there is unity and commerce.”
Source : David Malouf (2012). “An Imaginary Life”, p.147, Random House
“The only thing in this world that gives orders is balls.”
“I don't know if I'm the best Pound-For-Pound fighter ever. I know I'm close. I gotta be Top 5.”
