#erm

My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation. ↗

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

#confront #courage #determination #discipline #grave

China has made important contribution to the world economy in terms of total economic output and trade, and the RMB has played a role in the world economic development. But making the RMB an international currency will be a fairly long process. ↗

— Hu Jintao

#contribution #currency #development #economic #economic development

China is a developing country with a huge population, and also a developing country in a crucial stage of reform. In this context, China still faces many challenges in economic and social development. And a lot still needs to be done in China, in terms of human rights. ↗

— Hu Jintao

#challenges #china #context #country #crucial

We must clearly see that international hostile forces are intensifying the strategic plot of Westernizing and dividing China, and ideological and cultural fields are the focal areas of their long-term infiltration. ↗

— Hu Jintao

#china #clearly #cultural #dividing #fields

I think every little girl is fascinated with mermaids whether you are familiar with 'Splash' or 'Little Mermaid' or things like that. I did remember the film but I didn't watch it going into 'Aquamarine.' ↗

— JoJo

#every #familiar #fascinated #film #girl

You know, when you're making a record, you come up with 15, 20 songs. Then they start to fall by the wayside as your interest wanes. It's kind of like a process of elimination to determine which songs wind up on the record. ↗

— David Johansen

#determine #elimination #fall #interest #kind

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way. ↗

— Scarlett Johansson

#been #determined #ever #girl #i

But, in North Korea, it's just the opposite. There's one story. It's written by the Kim regime. And 23 million people are conscripted to be secondary characters. There, as a youth, your aptitude towards certain jobs is measured, and the rest of your life is dictated, whether you'll be a fisherman or a farmer or an opera singer. ↗

— Adam Johnson

#certain #characters #dictated #farmer #fisherman

I promised to run the most open and transparent administration in Britain. That is why, with this brutally honest and unprecedented progress report, I am determined to level with Londoners. ↗

— Boris Johnson

#am #britain #brutally #determined #honest

I was an idiot in terms of career-building, but I had a great time. ↗

— Sally Kellerman

#great time #had #i #idiot #terms