Lurus In Chinese Quotes & Sayings

Acting was something that I grew up just doing. I certainly never thought about it. — Gaby Hoffmann

The highest philosophers, in explaining the mystery of this world, are obliged to call in the aid of another. — Josh Billings

There's a way about it: tearing people down, but not tearing them apart. — Michael Shanks

When people say, 'You're perceived as a sex symbol,' I love the idea of that because it's so absurd. — James Nesbitt

There is a tendency to treat them as though they were acting, not from the inside, but from the outside, so that it may be possible to bring the shield against stimuli into operation as a means of defence against them. — Jean Laplanche

You have to go ahead, even if no one goes with you. — Lailah Gifty Akita

O my language,
help me to adapt and embrace the universe. Inside me
there's a balcony no one passes under for a greeting.
And outside me a world that doesn't return the greeting.
My language, will I become what you'll become, or are you
what becomes of me?
[ ... ] For who, if I utter what isn't poetry,
will understand me? Who will speak to me of a hidden
longing for a lost time if I utter what isn't poetry?
And who will know the stranger's land? ... — Mahmoud Darwish

The fact is that Chinese parents can do things that would seem unimaginable-even legally actionable-to Westerners. Chinese mothers can say to their daughters, "Hey fatty-lose some weight." By contrast, Western parents have to tiptoe around the issue, talking in terms of "health" and never ever mentioning the f-word, and their kids still end up in therapy for eating disorders and negative self image. — Amy Chua