“When I grew up, in Taiwan, the Korean War was seen as a good war, where America protected Asia. It was sort of an extension of World War II. And it was, of course, the peak of the Cold War. People in Taiwan were generally proAmerican. The Korean War made Japan. And then the Vietnam War made Taiwan. There is some truth to that.”
— Ang Lee
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“How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.”
— George Washington Carver
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“The glimpses of human strength and frailty that a physician sees are with me still.”
— Daniel Nathans
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“But the one thing that has power completely is love, because when a man loves, he seeks no power, and therefore he has power.”
— Alan Paton
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“Truth is powerful and it prevails.”
— Sojourner Truth
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“My life was changed in one breath from God.”
— Donna Summer
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“Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything – even mountains, rivers, plants and trees – should be your teacher.”
— Morihei Ueshiba
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“Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and entertaining, where vivid writing and research replace self-indulgence and sloppy prose.”
— Arthur Smith
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“My mom has this great skiing event in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, every year for a local charity.”
— Joely Fisher
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“A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. He can live without hope, without friends, without books, even without music, as long as he can listen to his own thoughts.”
— Axel Munthe
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“There comes a pause, for human strength will not endure to dance without cessation; and everyone must reach the point at length of absolute prostration.”
— Lewis Carroll
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