Ming-Dao Deng quote: "We may be floating on Tao, but there is nothing wrong with steering. If Tao is like a river, it is certainly good to know where the rocks are."

The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It k...
MING-DAO DENG

Once we make our decision, all things will come to us. Auspicious signs are not a superstition, but ...
DENG MING-DAO

When it is time to part, then it is time to part. There should be no regrets. The beauty of marriage...
DENG MING-DAO

There is no language of the holy.
The sacred lies in the ordinary.
DENG MING-DAO

All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holie...
MING-DAO DENG

Grappling with fate is like meeting an expert wrestler: to escape, you have to accept the fall when ...
MING-DAO DENG

The traditional family table is round. No corners. No sides. No head. No tail. Everything is smooth....
DENG MING-DAO

If you have a good idea, use it so that you will not only accomplish something, but so that you can ...
MING-DAO DENG

Sharing the same meal reaffirms kinship.
DENG MING-DAO

Who you are is always right.
MING-DAO DENG

Those who don't know how to suffer are the worst off. There are times when the only correct thing we...
MING-DAO DENG

The idea that each of us can be directly spiritual is radical. Most religions are based not on teach...
MING-DAO DENG

Death is not an ending. It is a transformation. Death is the threshold of this life. Beyond it is so...
MING-DAO DENG

I was just very happy with my collection, so I didn't care if I won or lost. It sounds corny, but I ...
CHLOE DAO

I don't think my life will change. Maybe I'm being naive. I will try to make it work. Fashion is abo...
CHLOE DAO

Fashion Week was a fantasy that came true.
CHLOE DAO

It's about me figuring out how to do this right, where I can balance having a life also. People are ...
CHLOE DAO

Are you kidding me? No way... oh my god, thank you.
CHLOE DAO

The 13 challenges nearly killed me. I think I did a great job.
CHLOE DAO

I don't care if you're a guy named Tom and drink eight six-packs a day, you're still going to have a...
CHLOE DAO

My sisters are all busy with their own lives but at the end of the day, when I am, like, I have eigh...
CHLOE DAO

Plus the ships lack decent catering service.
DAO SHUMING

She hates it. She did it all her life and she had to learn how to sew to survive. She couldn't fatho...
CHLOE DAO

I'm still shocked that I was chosen.
CHLOE DAO

I think I did step out of my own boundaries. To me, it was a very classic line, but definitely edgy ...
CHLOE DAO

I think my collection was the most cohesive, and I think I did step out of my own boundary.
CHLOE DAO

In the world I am
Always a stranger
I do not understand its language
It does not unde...
BEI DAO

That's the major driver of stock markets today. The rising interest rate cycle is close to an end.
AGNES DENG

The market's expecting that the interest rate cycle is close to an end and that's the major driver o...
AGNES DENG

Obviously people have become more confident (in) Chinese banking. People are expecting corporate gov...
AGNES DENG

Any rise in global oil prices increases their earnings substantially,
AGNES DENG

Focusing on wireless value-added service businesses seems to be working. But this only makes up a sm...
AGNES DENG

The impact is really going to be the greater integration of the two capital markets. From the invest...
AGNES DENG

Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big.
DENG XIAOPING

The minority yields to the majority!
DENG XIAOPING

Young leading cadres have risen up by helicopter. They should really rise step by step.
DENG XIAOPING

Reform is China's second revolution.
DENG XIAOPING

Seek truth from facts.
DENG XIAOPING

When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform its...
DENG XIAOPING

To get rich is glorious.
DENG XIAOPING

Let some people get rich first.
DENG XIAOPING

Poverty is not socialism. To be rich is glorious.
DENG XIAOPING

It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.
DENG XIAOPING

I was used to a life of escaping bullets and taking care of myself.
ALEPHONSION DENG

I think it is important for my self-esteem to be able to tell the stories. I think if I'm helping my...
ALEPHONSION DENG

I take the challenges day by day.
ALEPHONSION DENG

War doesn't have any boundaries between who's a child and who's an adult. This war is taking everybo...
ALEPHONSION DENG

The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the elec...
DENG XIAOPING

My teammates played hard and I lost the game for my teammates. I should have held onto the ball inst...
LUOL DENG

Do not debate! is one of my inventions.
DENG XIAOPING

I feel like we took another step ahead. We hustled. We don't get rewarded for it. But as a team we'v...
LUOL DENG

It came slowly. I did stuff on the bike [while I was recovering], core stuff, a lot of legs. I didn'...
LUOL DENG

It's a good feeling to clinch it on my birthday, but we want to build on this and see if we can clim...
LUOL DENG

A lot of players take some time off, so I feel like when I was injured that was my time off. I think...
LUOL DENG

It's a big possibility. My freshman and sophomore years of high school, I felt that [Connecticut] wa...
LUOL DENG

It feels like I keep getting something. Throughout my career, I never really got hurt. All of a sudd...
LUOL DENG

Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile, ... Never take the lead - but aim to do something big.
DENG XIAOPING

It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.
DENG XIAOPING

By following the concept of "one country, two systems," you don't swallow me up nor I you.
DENG XIAOPING

From what I could see, men or women, children or adults, young or aged, rich or poor, war was making...
ALEPHONSION DENG

Great wisdom is achieved by being open to the world. The world does not open unless you are willing ...
ALEPHONSION DENG

He's extremely critical. We don't even know if he's going to survive the next few hours. Minute by m...
CHARLES DENG

Reform is China's second revolution.
DENG XIAOPING

We have spent a huge amount of money and energy on research and development, so we hope other makers...
DENG GUOSHUN

We've lost our leader, and we have another leader. We have to move on.
DENG DONGRIN

It's just another basketball game. It's just a game where we have to get a win. It'll be good to see...
LUOL DENG

We were struggling in the first quarter then our defense picked it up. In the second quarter we star...
LUOL DENG

I just twisted it a little and got hit on it. I could have played. I'm fine. We just made the decisi...
LUOL DENG

I was watching the game [in England] and that's really where it all started, ... I wanted to be in t...
LUOL DENG

I don't feel like I have a weak hand. I feel like my left is a lot stronger than last year.
LUOL DENG

I'm getting fat... because my size, I put on 20 or 30 pounds, it doesn't show very much... I...
YAO MING

Everybody is improving but I am improving slowly, which seemingly widens our distance.
YAO MING

When I was young, we were taught not to dunk. We were taught not to stand out from the rest of the t...
YAO MING

I finished my high school. I think an educate is very, very important.
YAO MING

If you're going to learn a new language, you can't try to be perfect. You'll stop yourse...
YAO MING

No matter whether you are new or an old team member, you need time to adjust to one another.
YAO MING

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

A good leader must be fair.
YAO MING

Endangered species are our friends.
YAO MING

Basketball, in America, is like a culture. It is like a foreigner learning a new language. It is dif...
YAO MING

Discrimination is not done by villains. It's done by us.
VIVIENNE MING

What drives success, and the most successful students, is internal motivation.
VIVIENNE MING

I love to accentuate my eyes, so I'll wear eyeshadow and mascara.
MING XI

Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
YAO MING

My personal style is kind of random; it's always changing - I'm a Pisces! Sometimes I like o...
MING XI

I have had a small handful of truly blatantly discriminatory experiences for being transgender, but ...
VIVIENNE MING

It was like if I didn't keep reminding myself, I'd make mistakes.
YAO MING

Housekeeping? If it pays well, I might as well have a try.
ZHANG MING

They just double-team so hard. At times they would just take the ball away from me. I couldn't see t...
YAO MING

I don't think I can play in the National Games. My contract (with the Rockets) d oesn't allow me tho...
YAO MING

Since this exchange, our team's gained renewed space to lift-off, and this space I think can take us...
YAO MING

I want to literally make people smarter by jamming things in their brains.
VIVIENNE MING

The tax on being different is largely implicit. People need not act maliciously for it to be levied....
VIVIENNE MING

I can put more energy into next season and future seasons now that the matter has been put aside, .....
YAO MING

I have Mr. Alexander's trust and the chance to play in Houston. I believe I will have a great career...
YAO MING

I just started playing basketball and I feel pretty healthy. I feel by the time I return to Houston ...
YAO MING

The NBA is a big family, and I think of all these rookies as my brothers. I still believe I am blue ...
YAO MING

Let's test it. It should be fine.
YAO MING

I hope I'm the last one.
YAO MING

I hope I'm the last one. Maybe the whole team needs to go to church to pray for the future.
YAO MING

First of all, I'm not buff enough. I got pushed away from the basket. And even when I didn't, I coul...
YAO MING

He gave me a couple sweet passes today, ... Those passes were on time and on target, like Jeff (Van ...
YAO MING

Shanghai's future is full of hopes and challenges, which is the same case with me.
YAO MING

I remember my first game was here, my first preseason game. It was the first night I got here. He to...
YAO MING

I think I'm still not in great shape now because it's only been two games. We struggled scoring in t...
YAO MING

If we want to beat great teams, we cannot play without Tracy. Our opponent did not play well tonight...
YAO MING

We still need to look forward. The way Miami will miss Shaq (O'Neal), they'll still need to play. We...
YAO MING

The talk has got to change, ... We need to do it for ourselves -- talk the talk and walk the walk.
YAO MING

I couldn't catch the ball in the post. I had to set more screens on the perimeter to try to and get ...
YAO MING

That's just trusting my teammate. Ryan, I didn't know who it is. All I know it was a red jersey, und...
YAO MING

All I did was follow the trainer's (workout) schedule, ... I feel pretty healthy. Upon my return to ...
YAO MING

Today is barbecue my feet. It's pretty warm here. It's soft (turf), but it's heat. But we're from Te...
YAO MING

I think I could have played better.
YAO MING

We?re all basketball players, and were all out there on the court, ... We all live together on this ...
YAO MING

I really can?t describe it. It completely surpasses what I imagined, ... Basketball is my job. It?s ...
YAO MING

It was not difficult because I love Houston and I have very good teammates, ... Our team is getting ...
YAO MING

Her talent and poise is what's very compelling for companies. Her ethnicity is icing on the cake.
YAO MING

I understand that this is a great example of Mr. Alexander's trust in me,
YAO MING

The victory was right in front of our face. If we could have gotten one or two more rebounds, it wou...
YAO MING

I'm just one of the 1.3 billion Chinese.
YAO MING

There are many possible directions to go from here. The current structure is folded only once. Like ...
MING WU

It's getting a lot easier. I'm getting used to it.
YAO MING

The traditional markers people use for hiring can be wrong - profoundly wrong.
VIVIENNE MING

With their shooting range, it took so long to recover, ... It's like when we play Dallas, when they ...
YAO MING

We need to do like we did in the Golden State game. Everybody do something more.
YAO MING

If my son came to me years from now and told me, 'I'm gay,' I'd say, 'That's...
VIVIENNE MING

I felt like somebody had a vice and was squeezing it on my head.
MING CHIN

Design proposals are expected to interpret the themes and values of the Olympic movement with Chines...
ZHANG MING

I can put more energy into next season and future seasons without that worry of contracts.
YAO MING

I think we lose concentration at the end of the third quarter and the start of the fourth quarter - ...
YAO MING

Usually I like going to the paint because I could get close shots, or physical contact and get a fou...
YAO MING

All I did (this summer) was follow the trainer's schedule (of workouts), ... I feel pretty healthy. ...
YAO MING

They put a lot of pressure on me.
YAO MING

The third quarter was the turning point. The third quarter when Kobe hit those shots. Those were gre...
YAO MING

Low turnover levels in recent sessions indicated that people are unsure about prospective market mov...
XU MING

Physically, I may still be needing a little bit. I think I may need a suit of armor.
YAO MING

We worked from sunup to sundown. I think that's what convinced me not to go into farming.
MING CHIN

One can envision using similar technique to produce stacked thin slices of integrated circuits into ...
MING WU

Maybe it's the best thing for me and when I come back I'll be stronger.
YAO MING

Because of the tax on being different, individual actors in the labour market from different backgro...
VIVIENNE MING

I saw them when I was 5 or 6 years old in China in my hometown, Shanghai. That's the only game I wat...
YAO MING

We are bad at valuing other people, and we are worse the more different they are than us.
VIVIENNE MING

Nobody likes to lose. Down the stretch, we have to know we're playing for something, anything, just ...
YAO MING

It's important to me that talking about my experience not undermine those who choose differently...
VIVIENNE MING

The designs for the Beijing Olympic medals should highlight the themes of 'glory and dream' and 'fas...
ZHANG MING

There are neural networks that can build whole apps from scratch - so why are we teaching high schoo...
VIVIENNE MING

On weekdays we mainly target tour packages and on weekends individual sightseers.
LUO MING

We've also received many calls from foreign tourists visiting the city.
LUO MING

This is a very encouraging achievement. It was really hard to track snow leopards down due to their ...
MA MING

This is an encouraging achievement for Chinese scientists after one year spent tracking the snow leo...
MA MING

The thief only stole the expensive crabs. He had good taste,
MING PAO

My children speak very good Chinese, and they translate for our American friends.
WENDI DENG MURDOCH

I didn't ever plan to be a producer, and I didn't really know what I was getting myself into...
WENDI DENG MURDOCH

I believe if you are nice to people, children will follow. Likewise, if you are rude to people, chil...
WENDI DENG MURDOCH

I had never been in a supermarket before coming to America. At home, my parents wouldn't let me ...
WENDI DENG MURDOCH

As for what other people think of me, I could worry about that every day, but choose not to.
WENDI DENG MURDOCH

My parents pushed us very hard to work, both in the home, doing chores and cooking, and at school.
WENDI DENG MURDOCH

I grew up in a little funny town called Xuzhou, in the countryside, very poor. We didn't have ho...
WENDI DENG MURDOCH

My grandmother died in childbirth, and my great-aunt lived with us. She had bound feet. She never kn...
WENDI DENG MURDOCH

I wasn't necessarily the brightest in my family. I think my older sister was probably more cleve...
WENDI DENG MURDOCH

I grew up in China, but I live in the U.S. and I want my children to understand what's going on ...
WENDI DENG MURDOCH

I really make sure that my girls understand the importance of education. I don't want them to be...
WENDI DENG MURDOCH

I'm loyal, and I like my friends. Friendship enriches your life and makes it more interesting.
WENDI DENG MURDOCH

I've always dreamed that George Lucas would call me one day and ask me to be in one of the '...
MING-NA WEN

I was a total sci-fi geek. 'Star Wars' was my ultimate favorite.
MING-NA WEN

Being a sci-fi geek, it was just lovely to be on a show where I pretend I'm in outer space. That...
MING-NA WEN

Mulan is so important in Chinese folklore - a fearless girl who cared about her family and country s...
MING-NA WEN

'Mulan' holds a very special place in my heart. It's been 16 years since the film, but h...
MING-NA WEN

That's what was so amazing about 'Mulan.' Here is this story with all Chinese characters...
MING-NA WEN

There's just so much love that goes into home cooking, and I think it will really help the Ameri...
MING-NA WEN

Both my parents are chefs... I grew up in a restaurant and was always surrounded by cooks. I love fo...
MING-NA WEN

I appreciate both... for me, I think 'Star Wars' is more science fantasy and is based on a l...
MING-NA WEN

I think on 'ER,' my other long-running show, I had some ideas about what's going on. ...
MING-NA WEN

I've loved all forms of animation.
MING-NA WEN

The 'ER' role was not Asian-specific, and my agent knew that I loved the show.
MING-NA WEN

I love doing TV. It's so great for my world as a mom, as someone who likes to have a steady job ...
MING-NA WEN

I'm like Madonna: I'm Ming-Na. Just my first and middle name. That's it. Pure and simple...
MING-NA WEN

I love that synergy between being entertainers and having people respond. There's no greater rew...
MING-NA WEN

I'm not one of those actresses that's going to feel like I never achieved my dreams and goal...
MING-NA WEN

I'm trying to show I'm a trained actress - I can transform myself into different characters....
MING-NA WEN

Mom takes all the credit for my success. Now Mom says, 'I read your face when you were a baby, a...
MING-NA WEN

When I grew up in Pittsburgh in my parents' restaurant, I was almost like a country bumpkin.
MING-NA WEN

I hope Hong Kong and Asia wants to hire American Asian actresses as much as Hollywood has been hirin...
MING-NA WEN

I was hesitant to do 'Mulan II.' For me, I felt like the story that needed to be told, this ...
MING-NA WEN

I'm as proud to be Chinese as I am American.
MING-NA WEN

'Star Wars' is on my bucket list. Even if it's just a small walk on, I don't care.
MING-NA WEN

What I want is the same opportunities as anyone to get a part.
MING-NA WEN

I'm sort of a gypsy at heart and don't like to stay in one place too long.
MING-NA WEN

The effects of our actions may be postponed but they are never lost. There is an inevitable reward f...
FU WU MING

Growing up as an Asian American in this society, there were a lot of times where you feel isolated o...
MING-NA WEN

We are trying to get them thinking of having a technical school there. We want to help with that as ...
ANGELA MING BEAN

What I learned was a lot of the people die unnecessarily of simple things, especially malaria. We ha...
ANGELA MING BEAN

When love and hate are both absent, everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the slightest dis...
HSIN HSIN MING

The great virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and to continually make a new ma...
WANG YANG-MING

For some people, they think love is most beautiful. For some people, they think love hurt the most.
LIM CHER MING

I'm angry it's the excuse for not letting people know that I'm hurt.
LIM CHER MING

Quindi lei è uno scavatore?” chiesi per toglierlo dall’imbarazzo.
Il Professore sorrise. WU MING 4

The living man who does not learn, is dark, dark, like one walking in the night.
MING LUM PAOU KEEN

We may be floating on Tao, but there is nothing wrong with steering. If Tao is like a river, it is certainly good to know where the rocks are.

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We may be floating on Tao, but there is nothing wrong with steering. If Tao is like a river, it is certainly good to know where the rocks are.

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