"Ang Lee was educated in the West and his English is good."

-- Zhang Yimou

#West Quotes #Educated Quotes

“Art as a whole is a riddle. Another way of putting this is to say that art expresses something while at the same time hiding it.”
“One thing is certain: When the time has come, nothing which is man-made will subsist. One day, all human accomplishments will be reduced to a pile of ashes. But every single child to whom a has given birth will live forever, for he has been given an immortal soul made to God's image and likeness.”

Source : Alice Von Hildebrand (2002). “The Privilege of Being a Woman”, Ignatius Press
“I don't think everybody has a right to a weapon which can be used to kill innocent people and maybe threaten the life of a president of the United States.”
“To young men contemplating a voyage I would say go.”

Source : Joshua Slocum (1985). “The Voyages of Joshua Slocum”, p.381, Sheridan House, Inc.
“Eroticism is first and foremost a thirst for otherness. And the supernatural is the supreme otherness. This is perhaps the most noble aim of poetry, to attach ourselves to the world around us, to turn desire into love, to embrace, finally what always evades us, what is beyond, but what is always there â€“ the unspoken, the spirit, the soul.”
“In a broadcast society, there were these gatekeepers, the editors, and they controlled the flows of information. Along came the Internet and it swept them out of the way, and it allowed all of us to connect together, and it was awesome. But that's not actually what's happening right now.”

Source : "Beware online 'filter bubbles'". TED conference, www.ted.com. March 2011.
“Why should the devil have all the best tunes?”
“Most arguments for instituting or raising a minimum wage are based on fairness and redistribution. Even if workers are getting a competitive wage, many of us are deeply disturbed that some hard-working families still have very little.”

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