Farewell My Concubine Quotes & Sayings

The form of government is a democracy when the free, who are also poor and the majority, govern, and an oligarchy when the rich and the noble govern, they being at the same time few in number. — Aristotle.

She alluded to 12 Years a Slave. "There he was," she said, speaking of Solomon Northup. "He had means. He had a family. He was living like a human being. And one racist act took him back. And the same is true of me. I spent years developing a career, acquiring assets, engaging responsibilities. And one racist act. It's all it takes. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

The devil tempts men through their ambition, their cupidity, or their appetite, until he comes to the profane swearer, whom he clutches without any reward. — Horace Mann

To do things in a way you want to do them, you will have to acquire the ability to think the way you want to think: this is the first step toward getting rich. — Wallace D. Wattles

All humans are brothers. We came from the same supernova — Allan Sandage

Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed. — James Joyce

Christmas is forced upon a reluctant and disgusted nation by the shopkeepers and the press; on its own merits it would wither and shrivel in the fiery breath of universal hatred. — George Bernard Shaw

A book feels true when it feels true," she said to him, impatiently. "A book's true when you can say, 'Yeah! That's just how damn people behave all the time. — John Irving

I'm not going to experience the reality of hardship that sometimes my characters live in. I'm very cautious about that. — Colin Farrell

But whatever fate may be mine, I shall not simply say yes to whatever it sends! she vowed stubbornly. If it is not to my liking ... then it is not my fate. — Mercedes Lackey

Laughing at the universe liberated my life. I escape its weight by laughing. I refuse any intellectual translations of this laughter, since my slavery would commrnce from that point on. — Georges Bataille

The minute you make a mistake - that's improvisation! — Barry Harris

When you master the art of being fully awake to this moment, you bestow a precious gift on your soul - the experience of love. Being present is the art of the soul. — Debbie Ford

Forgive the past and let it go with great gratitude. It will allow us to embrace present and future with love, enthusiasm and passion. — Debasish Mridha