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Read quote“Film is something to experience, not to understand.”
Read quote“若然，則先師孔氏，何不生於中州？今四方來學者，道理均平，願獨生於東魯耶？”
Read quote“The fundamental spirit of Chinese culture is the harmony and moderation of ideas and desires.”
Read quote“The characteristic of the greatest players is that they change basketball.”
Read quote“Ce que cherche la poésie, c’est à déconstruire les idéologies.”
Read quote“I had never played finer fast bowling.”
Read quote“As a writer, my work demands this liberation if I am to see more clearly, to understand more wholly.”
Read quote“legal murder”
Read quote“Always go to the scene.”
Read quote“I lived a pretty quiet life.”
Read quote“From the time I was little, I knew the spotlight was my destiny.”
Read quote“My friend is my half, another I.”
Read quote“The Declaration loses none of its authority under close analysis.”
Read quote“leaving them abandoned like beasts”
Read quote“Perseverance is the badge of saints—the target of our foes—the glory of Christ—and the care of all believers.”
Read quote“People who say they don't like it, walk away humming a country tune.”
Read quote“You have failed to fuse together in Ireland the conflicting interests which you found there—the North and the South.”
Read quote“When I set out, I only wanted to race cars quicker than anybody else.”
Read quote“There was a deep consciousness that I was fully cleansed and that my poor heart was flooded with joy unspeakable, and full of glory.”