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Lack of will power leads to more failure than lack of intelligence or ability.

I was happy not to be in his place. He could command my death, but not his. But then, what kind of power was his? He was a prisoner of himself.

The weak one waits for opportunity while the strong one creates.

I think about giving up. I almost do.

Tea, opera and poetry should not be missed - longevity depends on one's mental cultivation.

She smiled sadly and recited a saying: "When the guest leaves, the tea will soon get cold." I said my cup of tea would never get cold. Lu

To be able to do art, it was a luxury to me.

My parents lived likeas the neighbours described thema pair of chopsticks, always in harmony.

If one wants to get a boat ride, one must be near the river.

We wanted to donate the pennies to the starving children in America.

She sat calmly sipping her tea. I wondered

The self was a very strange concept to me until I came to America, and my child was born with that entitlement, and that just thrilled me.

To live is to experience dying and is worse than death,

When farmers lose their land, they lose their soul,

If you can't go back to your mother's womb, you'd better learn to be a good fighter.

When Chinese get together - what's buried stays buried. We don't even discuss our embarrassing early days struggling in Chicago.

Mao had decided to make the city his new capital, and he had its name changed from Peking to Beijing.

Like a singing river
You break out to flow freely
I am the mountain behind
Happily I watch you
Memory of us
Full and sweet

No matter how American I become, I'm considered part of the Chinese community by my own family.

The sun doesn't just hang on one family's tree

Tea tasted the best at its second pouring. A

I stood in the wind and tried to get through the moment.

Mother once told me that one had to lower one's head when passing under low eaves in order to avoid injury.