There are only so many roles as empresses... but I've had a lot of offers to play vampires.
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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: ...
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