#act

As I stand here today and tell you about these, I am heavy with an awareness of the fact that I am in more than one sense a product of both the Chinese and Western cultures, in harmony and in conflict. ↗

— Chen Ning Yang

#am #awareness #both #chinese #conflict

In the latter half of the last century the impact of the expanding influence of Western culture and economic system brought about in China a severe conflict. ↗

— Chen Ning Yang

#brought #century #china #conflict #culture

Like, I have had moments, which I think most people have, where you'll be watching TV, and it'll be interrupted by some tragic event, and you'll actually find yourself thinking, 'I don't want to hear about this train being derailed! What happened to 'The Flintstones?'' ↗

— Al Yankovic

#actually #being #event #find #had

It's a huge responsibility being a solo act. ↗

— Robbie Williams

#being #huge #huge responsibility #responsibility #solo

I was like any new bride, who said, 'I'm going to cook for my man.' In fact, once I started a small kitchen fire in a pan. Smoke was pouring from the pan, and I got really scared. Right next to our stove is a small fire extinguisher. You know, easy access. ↗

— Catherine Zeta-Jones

#any #bride #cook #easy #easy access

If you read about Mussolini or Stalin or some of these other great monsters of history, they were at it all the time, that they were getting up in the morning very early. They were physically very active. They didn't eat lunch. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#active #early #eat #getting #great

I love acting. ↗

— Shaun White

#i #i love #love

Real biologists who actually do the research will tell you that they almost never find a phenomenon, no matter how odd or irrelevant it looks when they first see it, that doesn't prove to serve a function. The outcome itself may be due to small accidents of evolution. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#actually #almost #biologists #due #evolution

My happiest memory of childhood was my first birthday in reform school. This teacher took an interest in me. In fact, he gave me the first birthday presents I ever got: a box of Cracker Jacks and a can of ABC shoe polish. ↗

— Flip Wilson

#birthday #box #childhood #cracker #ever

So many people have said that to me, that what they really like about Alex is what she brings out in Marissa, and what this situation brings out in her, a hint of happiness and another side to her character. ↗

— Olivia Wilde

#alex #another #brings #character #happiness