"Once [China] had a destiny. Once she was a conqueror. Now her greatest destiny seems to be merely to exist, to survive."

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Lin Yutang

#Destiny Quotes #China Quotes #Conqueror Quotes

“Your "I CAN" is more important than your IQ.”
“We who cherish science should be careful to distinguish when we are doing science and when we are extrapolating from it”
“No one believed [the 1986 amnesty for illegal aliens] was tough enough on illegal immigration, and it didn't give enough flexibility on future legal immigration.”
“If you can't annoy somebody, there is little point in writing.”
“Well Bill Martin and Mike Schiff were the creators and they knew we had to do a family show. Everybody came at it from the angle of having been a kid and a teenager.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Surely the novel should be a form of art - but art was not enough. It must contain not only the perfection of art, but the imperfection of nature.”
“Whenever you are creating beauty around you, you are restoring your own soul.”
“Eventually everything fails me, but when I look at the sunset or the sky, I'm reminded what it's like to be alive.”

Source : Personal Quote, www.imdb.com.

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