#chinese

When I was living on the street I would be standing out in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater, leaning against my car and signing autographs and nobody had any idea that I was living in it. ↗

— Danny Bonaduce

#any #autographs #car #chinese #front

Um...is that thing tame?" Frank said. The horse whinnied angrily. "I don't think so," Percy guessed. "He just said, 'I will trample you to death, silly Chinese Canadian baby man'. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#silly-chinese-canadian-baby-man #death

The Chinese used gunpowder to make fireworks for celebrations, and the white man came along and said, Holy shit, we can use this to kill people. What better way to celebrate than that?
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— Jarod Kintz

#celebration #chaos #chinese #death #destroy

Did you ever want something so deeply you were scared to let yourself have it? Like a desire so great you know you will never forgive yourself if you fail. So you hang back. And then you wake up one day and you realize if you don't do it now, it will move out of reach forever. ↗

— Nicole Mones

#forgiveness

If one's bowels move, one is happy, and if they don't move, one is unhappy. That is all there is to it. ↗

— Lin Yutang

#happiness #philosophy-of-life #life

I've read hundreds of books about China over the decades. I know the Chinese. I've made a lot of money with the Chinese. I understand the Chinese mind. ↗

— Donald Trump

#china #chinese #donald-trump #trump #art

Countless words count less than the silent balance between yin and yang ↗

— Lao Tzu

#classics #tao-te-ching #balance

Will: 'Singing the praises of our fair city? We treat you well here, don't we, James? I doubt I'd have that kind of luck in Shanghai. What do you call us there again?' Jem: 'Yang guizi ... foreign devils. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#chinese #colonialism #foreign #foreign-devils #invasion

It is because of its emptiness that the cup is useful. ↗

— Carole Wilkinson

#dragon-keeper #dragons #inspirational #wisdom #inspirational

My works are Chinese literature, which is part of world literature. They show the life of Chinese people as well as the country's unique culture and folk customs. ↗

— Mo Yan

#chinese people #country #culture #customs #folk