"The West believes the East, deep down, wants to be dominated, because a woman canâ€™t think for herself"

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Source : David Henry Hwang (1989). “M. Butterfly”, Plume

David Henry Hwang

#Believe Quotes #Thinking Quotes #East Quotes

“Although we often hear that data speak for themselves, their voices can be soft and sly”

Source : Frederick Mosteller, Stephen E. Fienberg, Robert E. K. Rourke (2013). “Beginning Statistics with Data Analysis”, p.234, Courier Corporation
“But by showing us live coverage of every bad thing happening everywhere in the world, cable news makes life seem like it's just an endless string of disasters - when, for most people in most places today, life is fairly good.”
“All diseases run into one, old age.”
“When I refuse to obey an unjust law, I do not contest the right of the majority to command, but I simply appeal from the sovereignty of the people to the sovereignty of mankind.”
“A man obsessed with failure has succeeded better than others in portraying it.”
“You can love someone without wanting to be with them. Just like you can want to be with someone before you love them.”

Source : Jamie McGuire (2015). “Beautiful Redemption: A Novel”, p.96, Jamie McGuire
“Embracing failure is the most important trait I've developed in my career. I have tried to learn from my failures, and I believe it has made me stronger, more confident and more resilient.”
“Tis not necessity, but opinion, that makes men miserable; and when we come to be fancy-sick, there's no cure.”

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