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Already 2008 has proved a tumultuous year in terms of global perceptions of China, and there are still 59 days to go until the Beijing Olympics. The tragedy of the Sichuan earthquake followed hard on the heels of the riots in Tibet and the demonstrations surrounding the Olympic torch relay. Martin Jacques
beijing
What they need is some enforcement. More high-level directives from Beijing aren't going to do it. Robin Munro
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The Beijing Olympics were an exercise in Chinese soft power. Americans have the 'Voice of America' and the Fulbright scholarships. But, the fact is, in fact, that probably Hollywood and MTV and McDonalds have done more for American soft power around the world than any specifically government activity. Shashi Tharoor
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Many people in Taiwan hope that the torch relay of the sacred flame of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games can also cover Taiwan.
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send a strong signal to Beijing that Congress will not sit idly by while China's mercantilist trade policy injures U.S. employers and costs us jobs.
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They say that the cuisines of different Chinese provinces arose originally to serve different kinds of constituencies. Beijing was the cuisine of officials. In Shanghai, that was the cuisine of wealthy merchants and industrialists. In Szechwan, the food of the common people. Many great Szechwan dishes originated in street stalls. Nicole Mones
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My hometown is a very boring city. There isn't a lot of industry - there are a lot of trees. It's not like Beijing where the sky is always dark. In my city the sky is blue and the sun shines. Liu Wen
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The prosecutor decided to drop the case and the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate Court agreed.
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We are investing a quarter of a billion pounds between now and the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Richard Caborn
movies protected
The thing that's protected me creatively is that the movies have made profits. M. Night Shyamalan
movies
I'm not into replicating old movies. But one should never say never. Tomorrow I may feel like making a part 2 of some of my movies.
movies
The only reason why I would like to be accepted? Because if your movies don't do well, after a while you don't get to make any more movies. Joaquin Phoenix
movies music reason
The only reason I got into movies was because I had no music talent. John Hughes
movies
Watching 'Interstellar' is really like watching two movies slowly collide with each other. Annalee Newitz
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We're getting to the point where people only want to go out to see movies that are as big as the screen. They want to see 'event movies' like 'Kong.' The rest they'll wait for.
movies organ played silent
My great-grandfather played organ for silent movies. Talkies in, Gramps out. Kent Beck
movies terms
What always leads me in terms of my movies are characters. Tony Scott
movies watch
When I was a little girl, I used to watch a lot of monster movies, like 'Godzilla.' All those monster movies. Rinko Kikuchi
obscurity language obscenity
My English text is chaste, and all licentious passages are left in the decent obscurity of a learned language. Edward Gibbon
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The big problem isn’t piracy, it’s obscurity. Cory Doctorow
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Celebrity is just obscurity biding its time. Carrie Fisher
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Life is an ordeal, albeit an exciting one, but I wouldn't trade it for the good old days of poverty and obscurity. Jim Carrey
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You need a platform upon which to release an orchestral record, otherwise it's just going to be an obscurity. Elvis Costello
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The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity. Quintilian
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Avoid an unusual and unfamiliar word just as you would a reef. Julius Caesar
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He who has lived obscurely and quietly has lived well. Ovid
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Many things prevent knowledge, including the obscurity of the subject and the brevity of human life Protagoras
ontology logic mathematics
Mathematics is purely hypothetical: it produces nothing but conditional propositions. Charles Sanders Peirce
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I want readers to rehearse that day when everything shatters and think through what they'll hang onto when that happens. Terri Blackstock
ontology logic certainty
To see what is general in what is particular, and what is permanent in what is transitory, is the aim of scientific thought. Alfred North Whitehead
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If I pushed the poor person out onto the street and his wife or passerby called 911, there would be no charge, ... This is a punishment fine, not for services rendered.
onto player since stepped
He is the ironman. He's been a player for us since he stepped onto our campus.
onto stepped
L.A. is... I always feel sort of abducted when I'm there, like I've stepped onto another planet where everyone looks the same. Mamie Gummer
onto
Stuntwork... once, I've really only done one thing, which is take a punch and transport myself into the air onto a mat. Ciaran Hinds
onto people
My favorite actors are people who I don't know anything about, and I can project any character onto them. Matt Bomer
onto people pictures sort type
You can get pictures into what people are sort of thinking about others. Just go onto Google and type 'Why are Indians' and then look for the autocomplete. Sendhil Mullainathan
sheer
This is a sheer farce, this is not a real trial.
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The sheer volume of Vietnam veterans now is overwhelming.
sheer i-can
It's through sheer will that I can sing. Harvey Fierstein
somehow watching
I was always like, 'No, I don't like sci-fi,' and then I started watching it and thought, I didn't know that's what it was. I think I'd somehow got it confused with action and space-travel action - that sci-fi could only be like 'Star Wars.'
somehow
Somehow or other, I always end up in a kitchen feeding a crowd. Laurie Colwin
somehow unlikely
It's always fun to put fake celebrities in unlikely situations, but somehow it's even more fun when politicians are involved. Alison Jackson
somehow
The idea that you can somehow erase the Internet is silly. Vint Cerf
somehow
There are so many ridiculous arguments that MMA is somehow anti-woman. Ronda Rousey
somehow
I always have a book that I use that somehow inspires my novels. David Bergen
somehow supposed
Somehow many have fallen into the belief that being a Christian is supposed to be a cake-walk. It's not.
somehow
Somehow whatever I play ends up being sleazy. Paul Giamatti
somehow
Somehow we have to find a way to get him involved. Clint Hurdle