Joan Chen
Related PHILIP PULLMAN In the '80s and '90s, China went through a giant change. It needed all resources. At the tim... ZHANG YIN I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I Get this (economic plan) passed. Later on, we can all debate it. , TO NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATORS I went to China for a brief working visit, and I thought that Shanghai was interesting, but Beijing ... MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE I was the female lead in a romantic comedy. It's a little indie film that we shot in China calle... ELIZA COUPE I think most Americans still hope for a peaceful and beneficial future with China. As (former) Presi... JOSEPH NYE JACKIE CHAN PHILIP PULLMAN PHILIP PULLMAN I have already joined myself in marriage to a husband, namely the kingdom of England. ELIZABETH I (SPOKEN TO HER PARLAMENT) I call her a cranes freak. She went to Africa, she went to China, she went to northern Japan looking... MIYEKO MURASE Woman is always fickle - foolish is he who trusts her. FRANCIS I Long ailments wear out pain, and long hopes, joy. STANISLAUS I BAUDOUIN I Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment. NAPOLEON I When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty. GREGORY I I CHING I CHING I CHING I CHING I CHING I CHING I CHING I CHING I CHING I CHING ELIZABETH I FERDINAND I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I CHARLES I BAUDOUIN I ELIZABETH I I CHING FAROUK I CHARLES I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I When a girl ceases to blush, she has lost the most powerful charm of her beauty GREGORY I The moment you have in your heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the delig... I. KRISHNAMURTI People are not an interruption of our business. People are our business. A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes. It is hard to look up to a leader who keeps his ear to the ground. The most wasted day of all is that in which we have not laughed. The more intelligent a man is, the more originality he discovers in men. Ordinary people see no diff... The intelligence is proved not by ease of learning, but by understanding what we learn. Communication is something so simple and difficult that we can never put it in simple words. Like threads of silver seen through crystal beads How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. ELIZABETH I In everyone's heart stirs a great homesickness. That is the supreme value of history. The study of it is the best guarantee against repeating it. ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I You should learn how say things with your eyes that others waste time putting into words. EYDEN I. ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for. STANISLAUS I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I ELIZABETH I To be vain of one's rank or place, is to show that one is below it. STANISLAS I Our wisdom comes usually from our experience, and our experience comes largely from our experience. One thing about the school of experience is that it will repeat the lesson if you flunk the first ti... To reprove small faults within due vehemence, is as absurd as if a man should take a great hammer to... Faith is like electricity. You can't see it, but you can see the light. Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety, or by the handle of... Some families can trace their ancestors back three hundred years, but can't tell you where their chi... A recent survey was said to prove that the people we Americans most admire are our politicians and d... If a man defrauds you one time, he is a rascal; if he does it twice, you are a fool. Flattery looks like friendship, just like a wolf looks like a dog. Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. Courage is always greatest when blended with meekness; intellectual ability is most admired when it ... Freedom also includes the right to mismanage your own affairs.
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All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away. JOAN CHEN Acting for me is not a bad habit like smoking that I must make an effort to quit. I love acting; I l... JOAN CHEN There are a lot of stereotypes to be broken which I think a lot of us are doing. What I do is, as so... JOAN CHEN My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport. JOAN CHEN There is no theoretical study of motherhood. You know, before I became a mother, I did play a mother... JOAN CHEN The romantic love we feel toward the opposite sex is probably one extra help from God to bring you t... JOAN CHEN I'm angry about stereotypes about Asians, but I'm not bitter about not getting enough roles. I do se... JOAN CHEN If you know how to do a job very well, you keep doing it. JOAN CHEN I am not the best girlfriend or lawyer or the reporter. I am the drama-queen type. You know. So it i... JOAN CHEN Things had just happened to me, good things and bad things, and I took them. JOAN CHEN I would never offer advice without the person asking for it. I, in general, don't believe in giving ... JOAN CHEN To be an Asian, to be a minority, not to see ourselves as always me the minority, the victim, you th... JOAN CHEN There are only so many roles as empresses... but I've had a lot of offers to play vampires. JOAN CHEN In China we use the word baptism a lot, it's a very revolutionary word. JOAN CHEN All my girlfriends were learning musical instruments - forced to learn musical instruments because i... JOAN CHEN It can be resolved, I'm sure. JOAN CHEN When I was younger, I struggled against, you know, I don't want to be pigeon-holed. And I, you know ... JOAN CHEN I don't find intimate scenes more difficult than other scenes. JOAN CHEN The romantic love we feel toward the opposite sex is probably one extra help from God to bring you t... JOAN CHEN The lowest budget U.S. films are ten times times better than shooting in Tibet. JOAN CHEN There are a lot of stereotypes to be broken which I think a lot of us are doing. What I do is, as so... JOAN CHEN YouTube is a platform, a distribution vehicle. STEVE CHEN There's a waterfall of content that you're missing out on. STEVE CHEN Build a lifestyle around your brand, and the audience will follow. EVA CHEN I want to extend my gratitude and thankfulness to all those who care and love my family and myself, ... CHEN GUANGCHENG I love classical music and have been playing violin since I was seven. Music helps me to express fee... JANE CHEN I want to tell mayors, county chiefs and heads of big companies: don't just chase GDP growth; do... CHEN GUANGBIAO Then you shouldn’t be worried about him being with me. You can have him back when I’m done with ... COLLEEN CHEN Nim looked aghast. “Of course not. Do you think my future wife would be a servant? No—it’s Num... COLLEEN CHEN To him, she was one of the few girls who was nice to him, the stodgy son of a poor alcoholic shoemak... COLLEEN CHEN Oh,” she breathed. “How silly I’ve been.”COLLEEN CHEN Getting lost is just another way of saying 'going exploring. JUSTINA CHEN I know he's a little frustrated, but I can't imagine starting the season without Miguel Tejada. He's... BRUCE CHEN It's not a big holiday for Asians. BRUCE CHEN I did want to go out there for the ninth inning. I had good stuff and I felt like I could have done ... BRUCE CHEN I was very confident with my fastball. I felt if I walked him I'm out of the game. BRUCE CHEN I thought I had good command of all my pitches. I thought I changed speeds really well, and [catcher... BRUCE CHEN I want to win, and my teammates, they play hard. We're trying our best. We're bunting the ball. We'r... BRUCE CHEN I got wild, walked a couple of guys and hit a guy and they only got three runs, ... When we scored f... BRUCE CHEN This is one of the best games I've ever felt and pitched. I just felt like I was on. BRUCE CHEN [Chen allowed two hits in eight innings and Chris Ray pitched a perfect ninth Wednesday night in the... BRUCE CHEN I felt like I made one mistake and paid for it. BRUCE CHEN Beauty is the lowest common denominator: I don't care what they say - every girl, every woman, w... EVA CHEN It is impossible to effectively monitor the huge volume of videos that are out there. It is often di... STEVE CHEN The pressure of his touch through my jacket and my sweater was more assurance than any promise ever ... JUSTINA CHEN There is a strong push among immigrants to purchase homes. About a decade ago, this country had a su... CELIA CHEN It is very evident that the steam is coming out of the housing market even though rates moved down. CELIA CHEN In order to purchase a home, a lot of people have to resort to risky mortgages. CELIA CHEN People who spent money on travel and luxury goods are spending more money entertaining themselves at... CELIA CHEN During the holiday-shortened week, the MBA may have overcompensated its seasonal adjustment of the d... CELIA CHEN It's pretty clear that housing is slowing. Rising mortgage rates and the very fast rising homes pric... CELIA CHEN Even if interest rates weren't rising, home prices are very high relative to income. So, people are ... CELIA CHEN Mortgage lending is an opportunistic business and when business declines, the instinct is to consoli... CELIA CHEN With job loss and credit quality as it is, you would think demand for housing would be more depresse... CELIA CHEN I think we'll continue to see weaker housing starts, but the slowing will be more modest than the 8%... CELIA CHEN After I started getting criticism for doing 'Big Brother,' someone told me that Hugh Downs u... JULIE CHEN Living together as brothers does not mean we don't argue with each other. It does mean we love each ... JONATHAN CHEN My younger brother runs a guesthouse, and my sister is a janitor. I have not given them money becaus... CHEN GUANGBIAO Funds are choosing to lock in their profits after decent gains recently and more profit-taking will ... CHEN HUIQIN Look at the results of (Chico's) same-store sales. They keep posting incredible numbers year after y... CHRISTINE CHEN I finish off my manicure with Dior's Gel Coat, which has a thicker consistency than most top coa... EVA CHEN The two patients who received cornea transplant operations have regained their sight and left hospit... CHEN ZHONGHUA The mental and physical reactions to what are perceived as labor and leisure are distinctively diffe... JONATHAN CHEN YouTube is a free service that is extremely easy to use. There are no downloads, and hundreds of aud... STEVE CHEN A good attitude is really important. And a sense of optimism, someone who has ideas and isn't af... EVA CHEN The Chinese foreign ministry has said more than once that I am a free person. Did I do anything wron... CHEN GUANGCHENG I don't know what's going on that I'm hosting the Emmys during really hard times. But I ... JULIE CHEN Water diversion is only a short-term measure to curb salt tides, as it will be forced to stop if the... CHEN KAIZHI It is a good time for us to store fresh water to curb the salt tide. CHEN ZHUHUANG [Although admitting the timing --on the heels of the Hiroshima anniversary -- was bad, Beijing diplo... CHEN JIAN If art made you think, then this was Art. Staring at the ball, made of layers and layers of cloth, I... JUSTINA CHEN What they really want (by forming joint ventures) is to get familiar with the local market, but not ... CHEN XIAODI Engineering distortion is a coward act to hide the real intent of destroying. But it is more harmful... JONATHAN CHEN We estimate there will be 140,000 to 150,000 weddings this year, a 40 percent rise over last year. CHEN YU These specialized organizations serve as agents for farmers in the marketplace. They also help farme... CHEN YINFA I know that a mother, no matter how impoverished or uneducated, will do anything to save her babies. JANE CHEN I can be jailed again at any time, it is very easy. They can say I am a criminal and just lock me up... CHEN GUANGCHENG However, we see the trend of R&D moving gradually to the mainland over these few years, depending on... ALBERT CHEN In fact, most notebook contract makers are now posting much lower profit margins than the 5 to 6 per... ALBERT CHEN The kind of system Kickstarter uses has been used for hundreds of years. Unlike Medici-style patrona... PERRY CHEN Wei Jingsheng is a condemned criminal who is serving his sentence and, therefore, has no qualificati... CHEN JIAN In this space there's a lot of fast money and it tends to be very reactionary. But patient investors... CHRISTINE CHEN No. We are not. We have no tie-up with Volkswagen in Malaysia. What we manufacture here is basically... DAVID CHEN The reduction is an inevitable move in reforming the growth pattern of the country's mineral exports... CHEN HAORAN A 10 percent growth rate is inevitable, It's just like the growing process of a baby. Its necessary. CHEN XINGDONG Majority of the time we are dealing with commonness and familiarity. The normality of these aspects ... JONATHAN CHEN Foreign investors have more lucrative investment sectors to put their money into, but the futures ma... CHEN XIAODI Cultivation to the mind is an enduring course. In addition to the willingness to carry out, the sele... JONATHAN CHEN There were signs many institutional investors sold off their tech stocks given uncertainty about the... MORRIS CHEN My advice for young people is, study what you love and intern in what you want to do. And I think it... EVA CHEN Ignorance is not due to lack of education. Ignorance is a state of mind that refuses the temptation ... JONATHAN CHEN The luxury customer is still out there. Going into 2006 the luxury customer will continue to shop if... CHRISTINE CHEN Recognizing each of us is an integral part of nature, one would never feel lonely. There is no momen... JONATHAN CHEN Domestic futures industry's enthusiasm for branching out in Hong Kong is obviously strong. CHEN XIAODI China stands for the complete prohibition and thorough destruction of nuclear weapons. CHEN JIAN I believe the only way we'll be able to solve infant mortality - and other huge social problems ... JANE CHEN China will overtake Germany by 2008. CHEN XINGDONG I feel very unsafe, ... In 16 years, the Chinese government has done nothing for political reform. P... CHEN YONGLIN Instagram is the perfect place to reach your audience because the playing field is leveled if you ca... EVA CHEN I'm a rich man, but I don't want to be a miser. CHEN GUANGBIAO Our goal is to have YouTube on every screen - to take it from the PC to the living room and the mobi... STEVE CHEN This is beautiful," I said, ignoring the shop window to trace the gleaming stone walls fronting anot... JUSTINA CHEN Flawed, we're truly interesting, truly memorable, and yes, truly beautiful. JUSTINA CHEN I may be a maverick, but it doesn't mean I like playing tricks. CHEN GUANGBIAO Everyone is starting at zero. Everyone has to adjust. CHEN XIONG When you are putting so much emphasis on the kitchen while it is a very nice idea you are also... ARIC CHEN During Fashion Week, I tend to do a gel manicure because it's easier. EVA CHEN You would be surprised what two hours of daily exercise and five hundred stomach crunches can do for... JUSTINA CHEN He will be with the city where he donated organs to help others, and his spirit will be alive foreve... CHEN WEI The construction of a new countryside should definitely make stuff more convenient for farmers' live... CHEN XIWEN Why would some athletes get 11, 12 points and others 13 or 14? A spectator may not be able to unders... CHEN XIONG This artwork has never before traveled outside the Forbidden City ¡ª it is too valuable. CHEN XIEJUN I want Chinese history to remember me as Carnegie is remembered. I want Chinese people to remember m... CHEN GUANGBIAO My individual power is limited. I want to use my high-profile way to wake people up to take action t... CHEN GUANGBIAO It is nearly impossible to feel anything negative in here. Because you’re really connected, to eve... COLLEEN CHEN Anti-Japan War Online is a patriotic online game that is both interesting and instructive, and can a... CHEN XIAO Life never dries out once it abandons greed. JONATHAN CHEN It (the promotion of Mandarin) aims to ensure national cohesion and facilitate communication for peo... CHEN ZHANGTAI Having Chinese leaders come to Yale is a good way (to create) more understanding between the two soc... ZHIWU CHEN We didn't want to go back to [making] servers or notebooks -- it was too boring. DAVID CHEN You raze the old to raise the new. JUSTINA CHEN Self-examination is an important part of AIDS prevention and control. It helps HIV carriers and AIDS... CHEN JIE It would depend on the UK's GDP (last year). Number one the nominal GDP growth and number two the ex... CHEN XINGDONG The real meaning of being an Asian director is we can put the power of culture from all Asian countr... CHEN KAIGE If you look at it that way it is quite a big burden, particularly on entrepreneurial companies. In a... ERIC CHEN Investors were looking for even more. The company is typically conservative with their guidance and ... CHRISTINE CHEN We won't miss out on good opportunities to acquire and expand our international business, but we won... CHEN GENG Our forefathers gave their lives for peace and freedom. Our generation has the responsibility to tre... CHEN HONG The plant could survive a heavily polluted environment with arsenic density of three percent. CHEN TONGBIN The township must seize the chance and develop star anise planting in a major way. CHEN XIAO We have no diplomatic ties with these countries, so it's not easy. We can't pay a national radio sta... URI CHEN Farmers like Ma are actually creators of the organizations. CHEN YINFA The widening gap between urban and rural areas should be dealt with in real earnest. For those farme... CHEN XIWEN He was a noble collector whose name is indelibly linked to this masterpiece. CHEN XIEJUN We will be ready for any complicated situation. CHEN YUNLIN We'll keep close watch on their activities and prepare to deal with any possible complicated situati... CHEN YUNLIN In a good paining, each stroke is uniquely required yet it relates to all others in forming the tota... JONATHAN CHEN I think the cycle going forward is going to be more muted, or modest. I think 2005 was a good reflec... ERIC CHEN Our status is still in limbo after 13 years. MICHAEL CHEN It could broaden their investment channels as they could engage in business that is currently unavai... CHEN XIAODI A Brighter Summer Day. CHANG CHEN I have put forward a motion to the upcoming NPC session suggesting the State Council (the central go... CHEN GUIYUN I receive a message from one of my closest friends in China, working in the Ministry of Foreign Affa... CHEN YONGLIN The convention of the cross-Strait forum on economic and trade affairs is essential and pressing, as... CHEN YUNLIN We are grateful that the Palace Museum has been so generous as to send 62 of their most precious wor... CHEN XIEJUN It's proven that the hyper-accumulators are the best possible choice for soil recovery. CHEN TONGBIN I am shocked and grief-stricken to learn of Sun's death, and express profound sorrow and condolences... CHEN YUNLIN Make no mistake about it. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a Hero of freedom. He is a Hero of justice a... JONATHAN CHEN The Easter effect is a reality. If you go on vacation later, you postpone your shopping. CHRISTINE CHEN Now, over 90 percent of Taiwanese notebook production is being churned out in China. ALBERT CHEN There is no such a thing as a good world and a bad world. There is only one world, and it is up to u... JONATHAN CHEN Sex scenes are the easiest to film. Everyone is an animal. Everyone is the same when they're making ... CHANG CHEN There is no lack of access to knowledge today. Education then must be focusing on strengthening the ... JONATHAN CHEN One whose auditory sense has been accustomed to being comfortable with one kind tune misses out the ... JONATHAN CHEN It is impossible to absorb the vastness of the sky. But taking an in awe attitude towards it helps o... JONATHAN CHEN Everything in nature has its purpose in the grand desideratum of the circle of life. That purpose ma... JONATHAN CHEN Only when we develop a genuine sense of love and respect towards all members of our human family, wi... JONATHAN CHEN I wish guns were violins, oboes, clarinets, and trumpets. I wish gunshot were beautiful music that g... JONATHAN CHEN World peace cannot be enforced by those who do not have inner peace. World peace is an inevitable re... JONATHAN CHEN Paradise is always there for those who are grateful. Because for them, everything is beautiful. JONATHAN CHEN Knowing the truth sometimes can be painful, but it is a commitment to heal the wound. A democracy sh... JONATHAN CHEN Tranquility without is not tranquility within, for one is still merely an observer. A homogenous ser... JONATHAN CHEN Among all the arts, a sunset never fails to impress. JONATHAN CHEN The teaching of tolerance is well intended. But to truthfully address and adequately depreciate prej... JONATHAN CHEN A quiet reflection is a good starting point to break an obsession. Action without reflection is like... JONATHAN CHEN For one who relies on prejudices to vitalize his existence, freedom is but an illusion, because he i... JONATHAN CHEN There is no secret that injustice flourishes on prejudice. In fact, it is its main course for injust... JONATHAN CHEN Prejudice is in all of us. Some consciously enact ridding it to open themselves to a richer life tex... JONATHAN CHEN No matter how victorious those kings who flagged their hands in the bloody wars were glorified, my s... JONATHAN CHEN When the inner life embodies liberty and compassion, the outward action speaks peace. JONATHAN CHEN All it requires for being a champion for peace is a heart that believes in peace. Believe that I AM ... JONATHAN CHEN Deep down most people want peace, want to make friends, want to connect themselves with others. That... JONATHAN CHEN A mind is capable of harboring and ingesting a vast variety of ideas and information. It would be th... JONATHAN CHEN Law of nature is not a confinement to freedom. It safeguards the subsistence. JONATHAN CHEN The best teacher for every subject is nature, who also happens to use the universal language. JONATHAN CHEN It would be our greatest crime if the future generations can only see the beauty in nature from the ... JONATHAN CHEN Never once when gazing at the sky wasn't I in awe and wondering. JONATHAN CHEN Having a heart for all the beings breeds gentle sunshine in the inner world that beams outwards. Tha... JONATHAN CHEN Broad and sustainable love is not from an attraction in the form of compulsive sensation. Broad and ... JONATHAN CHEN Animosity is a temporary intrusion to the principle makeup of human nature of love, for no one is bo... JONATHAN CHEN Within the heaven of the godly peace lies love in all beings. JONATHAN CHEN Perhaps being able to see themselves through reflection is what truly distinguishes mankind. JONATHAN CHEN Liberty and compassion. That's the whole package we are capable of having. When that quality prevail... JONATHAN CHEN Mistaken not hatred for liberty. Disseminating hatred is an abuse of freedom. Liberty has no room fo... JONATHAN CHEN Don't let what we know stand in the way of what we could know. JONATHAN CHEN There is only one person who can bring peace to you – that's you. JONATHAN CHEN Idea comes from senses, but imagination goes beyond. Those who could impel idea with imagination hav... JONATHAN CHEN An ideology may be a base to form a opinion. But it should never be a base to shield unjust. JONATHAN CHEN All the lasting adversities humanity has been facing became essentially inevitable the day mankind a... JONATHAN CHEN For us to enliven the endurance of humanity, we must become accustomed to the repetition of humanita... JONATHAN CHEN Hatred is a passionate disease that impairs one's ability to see the better self. JONATHAN CHEN The drive to excellence Jobs had was a continuation of the great institution many had shared before ... JONATHAN CHEN As history be told truthfully, edification becomes much less exhausting. JONATHAN CHEN Names and labels are what we use to identify, not to divide. JONATHAN CHEN What we have been seeing these days is not quite as encouraging as what we used to believe that in t... JONATHAN CHEN Coexistence is not only possible, but beautiful. JONATHAN CHEN In a democracy, we expect the government to be tight-fit, transparent outfit that sticks to the body... JONATHAN CHEN Democracy is a whole package of institutional course for arriving at political decisions. It encomp... JONATHAN CHEN Democracy never guarantees the best to be elected. Democracy, as it is designed and when it is funct... JONATHAN CHEN I have gradually come to a clear identification of the most essential qualities for personal being: ... JONATHAN CHEN
Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it was very interesting, and some ... 
More understand China, then more people will have interest in China and more people will come to Chi... 
...But it gradually seemed to me that I'd made myself believe something that wasn't true. I'd made m... 
Youth is the first victim of war; the first fruit of peace. It takes 20 years or more of peace to ma... 
One should act in consonance with the way of heaven and earth, which is enduring and eternal. The su... 
Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation, p... 
Creativity comes from awakening and directing men's higher natures, which originate in the primal de... 
Although I may not be a lioness, I am a lion's cub, and inherit many of his qualities; and as long a... 
Fiat justitia et pereat mundus.
Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown: that I have reigned with you... 
Never make a defense or apology before you are accused. 
It takes twenty years or more of peace to make a man; it takes only twenty seconds of war to destroy... 
In a few years there will be only five kings in the world -- the King of England and the four kings ... 
The daughter of debate
That still discord doth sow. 