#y

Within my own life, I read all the beloved novels by lamps of vegetable oil; I saw the Standard Oil invading my own village, I saw gas lamps in the Chinese shops in Shanghai; and I saw their elimination by electric lights. ↗

— Hu Shih

#chinese #electric #elimination #gas #i

My dad remembers being in school with my uncle, and the teacher would say outright to the class that the Japanese were second-class citizens and shouldn't be trusted. ↗

— Mike Shinoda

#citizens #class #class citizens #dad #japanese

China should bury head to work diligently for 10 years and then raise head to face Japan. ↗

— Yuan Shikai

#china #diligently #face #head #japan

Though the body moves, the soul may stay behind. ↗

— Murasaki Shikibu

#body #may #moves #soul #stay

You can never turn the clock back and, since we're talking about mental health, I would stress that. ↗

— Peter Shilton

#back #clock #health #i #mental

Nitrogen fertilizer is used on all crops produced in this country, but it is a key plant nutrient to produce corn a critical crop to Illinois farmers. ↗

— John Shimkus

#country #critical #crop #crops #farmers

If I were not a public figure, I wouldn't fly with Thai. ↗

— Thaksin Shinawatra

#fly #i #public #public figure #thai

In the 1999 resolution regarding Taiwan's future passed by the Democratic Progressive Party, it is stated very clearly that any change to the status quo of Taiwan must be decided by the people of Taiwan through referenda. ↗

— Chen Shui-bian

#by the people #change #clearly #decided #democratic

Being insecure - I'm a master, a virtuoso - they can be handing me the keys to the kingdom and all I can think is, I hope I don't drop the key. ↗

— M. Night Shyamalan

#drop #handing #hope #i #i can

The guy was infected with bird flu because he took a sick chicken, slaughtered it and and then ate it. ↗

— Thaksin Shinawatra

#because #bird #chicken #flu #guy