Chinese Culture Quotes

• The Chinese culture belongs not only to the Chinese but also to the whole world.

  Hu Jintao

  Chinese, Culture, World

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• Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general.

  Martin Yan

  Chinese, Asian, Culture

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• I need to talk about Chinese culture. We have deep, strong philosophy and culture. I want to share some information, tell the worldwide audience.

  Jet Li

  Strong, Philosophy, Chinese

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• My wife wanted my children to have some Chinese culture and education. She believes the children need to learn two languages and two cultures.

  Jet Li

  Children, Believe, Two

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• Its a wonderful thing to see a segment of our population that is open and eager to learn more about Chinese culture. It has filtered into the mainstream. You see credit-card ads on TV with white couples and Chinese babies.

  Iris Chang

  Baby, Couple, White

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• Zhang Yimou tried to use martial arts to talk about Chinese culture, Chinese people. What do they think, what do they want and what do they hope.

  Jet Li

  Art, Thinking, People

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  He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

  Confucius

  Education, Giving Up, Philosophical

  Confucius (1998). “论语”

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• If you look at ancient Chinese culture, and depictions of it, the relationship between people and nature was very different. It almost felt as though feelings were always attached to a certain landscape.

  Jia Zhangke

  People, Feelings, Chinese

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  Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The overall strength of Chinese culture and its international influence is not commensurate with China's international status. The international culture of the West is strong while we are weak.

  Hu Jintao

  Strong, Chinese, Culture

  "China's President Lashes Out at Western Culture" by Edward Wong, www.nytimes.com. January 3, 2012.

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• Because of the Chinese culture of obedience, you don't ask questions... You follow and obey.

  Bai Ling

  Chinese, Culture, Obedience

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• Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

  Confucius

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon or star.

  Confucius

  Stars, Ignorance, Knowledge

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• I have two sons in America, and all they care about in Chinese culture is Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

  Ang Lee

  Son, America, Two

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• Modern Chinese culture is weak and lackluster.

  Ai Weiwei

  Chinese, Culture, Modern

  "Freely Speaking". Interview with Paul D. Miller, realitysandwich.com. August 22, 2012.

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• The journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance.

  Alton Brown

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Putting our ecosystem in great peril is certainly not a part of Chinese culture that I know.

  Yao Ming

  Ecosystems, Chinese, Culture

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I see people getting so caught up in celebrating diversity that they are neglecting their commonality. I don't see this as a good thing. The Chinese culture has survived for more than five thousand years in part because the Chinese have embraced the same language and culture. I hope I am wrong about this, and that the flame is still on beneath the great American melting pot. Americans need each other, and a house divided, no matter the color of its occupants, is still divided. And divided we all fall.

  Richard Paul Evans

  Fall, Flames, Color

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• In Asia, red is the colour of joy; red is the colour of festivities and of celebration. In Chinese culture, blue is the colour of mourning.

  Vincent Tan

  Blue, Mourning, Joy

  "Cardiff City dare to dream after play-off heartache of recent seasons" by Stuart James, www.theguardian.com. April 5, 2013.

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• There's nothing in Chinese culture that is an equivalent of the geisha. It's so different, so special to Japan.

  Zhang Ziyi

  Japan, Chinese, Special

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• I'm an English songwriter/composer, working in Mandarin and trying to find something about Chinese culture that I really relate to and respect and feel some genuine emotions for - and it's quite hard, the pentatonic scale, and that, in a way, is why I think it works. Because I'm forced to limit myself to quite strict rules about what I did. Maybe that's how I avoided pastiche.

  Damon Albarn

  Thinking, Chinese, Trying

  "Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett". Interview with Scott Plagenhoef, pitchfork.com. January 26, 2009.

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• Well, if I use Hispanic culture I get corruption and really good salsa music. If I use Chinese culture I get rigid thinking and decent Szechwan. If I use Islamic culture I get...not damned much of anything. And ditto for Africa although at least the rhythm is good and you can dance to it. But if I use Western European Culture I get industry, higher standards of living, longer lifespans and a generally happier society. Damn, I think I'll just have to go with WesternCiv even if I do have to put up with the Lutherans.

  John Ringo

  Islamic, Thinking, Chinese

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• Chinese culture in general is not very religious. Confucianism is more a code of ethics than a religion, and ancestor worship is a way for parents to control you even after theyre dead.

  David Henry Hwang

  Religious, Parent, Chinese

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• The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Watch your step.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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