He who conquers himself is the mightiest warrior.
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Confucius
I drift like a cloud, Across these venerable eastern lands, A journey of unfathomable distances, An endless scroll of experiences... Lady Zhejiang here we must part, For the next province awaits my embrace. Sad wanderer, once you conquer the East, Where do you go?
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Tom Carter
Merrick and I had both had tattoos, my magpie and his elephant and castle, imposed on us as…it’s a long story. A reward, or apology, or both, from the Dragon Head, or grand master, of one of the larger criminal organisations in China after we...
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K.J. Charles
We set our own limits on love. Some of us bind our hearts like Chinese women bind their feet. The binding is painful at first but eventually you get used to it and the pain goes away. The saddest part of all is that by...
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Kate McGahan
The way to stifle China’s growth is to inhibit the flow of their connectivity. In order to slow down Chinese expansion, we need to cripple their cyber-kinetic-political connectivity. Indirect polarization, in all forms, must be at the forefront of the agenda when conducting influence operations...
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James Scott
More Quotes By Matthew Polly
Only those who have tasted the bitterest of the bitter can become people who stand out among others. -Guanchang Xianxing Ji
This was not uncommon in government-run operations, where a request that someone do their job often induced a catatonic state that might last anywhere from a couple of minutes to an hour.
When you are the only laowai in a village of 10, 000 Chinese martial artists and you've sat through several dozen films where a white man shouts, "You Chinese dog, " before getting his ass kicked, it starts to irritate you. We all need role...
A club hurts the flesh, but evil words hurt the bone. -Traditional Chinese Proverb
