Writing·Reading, Sir Arthur Helps

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.

- Sir Arthur Helps

Opportunity, Morgan Freeman as God from Evan Almighty (2007)

Let me ask you something. If someone prays for patience, you think God gives them patience? Or does he give them the opportunity to be patient? If he prayed for courage, does God give him courage, or does he give him opportunities to be couragous? If someone prayed for the family to be closer, do you think God zaps them with warm fuzzy feelings, or does he give them opportunities to love each other?

- Morgan Freeman as God from Evan Almighty (2007)

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Egotism·Humility, Zhuangzi

同於己為是之，異於己為非之。

- 莊子 寓言

Those which agree with their own they hold to be right, and those which do not so agree they hold to be wrong.

- Zhuangzi (莊子), Metaphorical Language(寓言)

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Money, English Proverb

Drop by drop fills the tub.

- English Proverb

Writing·Reading, Charles De Secondat

I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage.

- Charles De Secondat (1689-1755)

Feelings, Jennifer Grey as France "Baby" Houseman from Dirty Dancing (1987)

I'm scared of everything! I'm scared of what I saw. I'm scared of what I did, of who I am. And most of all, I'm scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life.... the way I feel when I'm with you!

- Jennifer Grey as France "Baby" Houseman from Dirty Dancing (1987)

Dokdo, Islander

There is no Takeshima in the world. It's only kind of a ghost island in the Japanese mind.

- Islander

Forgiveness, Confucius

Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.

- Confucius (孔子, 551BC–479BC)

Writing·Reading, Thomas Fuller

A book that is shut is but a block.

- Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)

Love, Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert from Vampire Diaries

Elena: He [Damon] told me about your ex.. Katherine?
Stefan: What did he say?
Elena: She broke your heart.
Stefan: It was a long time ago.
Elena: When you lose someone, it stays with you. Always reminding you of how easy it is to get hurt.
Stefan: Elena…
Elena: It's okay Stefan, I get it. You have no idea how much I get it. Complicated brother? Check. Complicated ex? Check. Too complicated to even contemplate dating? Check. We met and we talked and it was epic, but then the sun came up and reality set in.

- Nina Dobrev as Elena Gilbert from Vampire Diaries, The Night of the Comet [1.2]

Advice, Chinese Proverb

Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend’s forehead.

- Chinese Proverb

Contact, Audrey Hepburn

People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.

- Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993)

Compliment, Mark Twain

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

- Mark Twain (1835-1910)

Life, Will Smith as Alex Hitch Hitchens from Hitch (2005)

Because that's what people do. They leap, and hope to God they can fly, because otherwise you just drop like a rock, wondering the whole way down, why in the hell did I jump? But here I am, Sarah, falling, and there's only one person who makes me feel like I can fly. It's you.

- Will Smith as Alex "Hitch" Hitchens from Hitch (2005)

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War, Sun-Tzu

知彼知己百戰不殆。

- 孫子

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.

- Sun-Tzu (孫子)

Confidence, Walt Disney

Somehow I can’t believe that there are any heights that can’t be scaled by a man who knows the secret of making his dreams come true. This special secret, it seems to me, can be summarized in four C’s. They are curiosity, confidence, courage, and constancy, and the greatest of these is confidence. When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way.

- Walt Disney (1901-1966)

TV, Woody Allen as Alvy Singer from Annie Hall (1977)

[In California]
Annie Hall: It's so clean out here.
Alvy Singer: That's because they don't throw their garbage away, they turn it into television shows.

- Woody Allen as Alvy Singer from Annie Hall (1977)

Awakening, Buddha

There is only one time when it is essential to awaken. That time is now.

- Gautama Buddha

Beginning, Mary Pickford

Today is a new day. You will get out of it just what you put into it.

- Mary Pickford (1890-1979)

Celebrities, Nina Dobrev

When I have an audition I don’t pick up the phone, I sit at home and I dissect the scenes to the bone. There’s a lot of time and work that goes into it.

- Nina Dobrev (1989- )

Cyborg, Henrietta

Is a girl with a mechanical body ordinary? I’m super strong and can kill a man with my bare hands. I do bleed, but the pain goes away fast. Since I’m a cyborg and have to protect Jose… I can’t be an ordinary girl.

- Henrietta (ヘンリエッタ) from Gunslinger Girl, Chapter 5: The Death of Elsa de Sica (Part 2)

Work, Confucius (孔子)

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

- Confucius (551BC–479BC)

Success, Steve Jobs

The journey is the reward.

- Steve Jobs (1955-2011), 1982

Heart, Jared Jussim as Dicky Fox from Jerry Maguire (1996)

Dicky: If this ( points to heart) is empty, this (points to head) doesn't matter...shut up and play from your heart.

- Jared Jussim as Dicky Fox from Jerry Maguire

마음이 비어 있으면, 머리가 좋아도 아무 짝에 소용 없어요. 가슴으로 경기를 해봐요.

- 디키 폭스 (제러드 주심), 제리 맥과이어

Forgiveness, Confucius

在开始你的复仇之旅前，先挖两个坟墓。

- 孔子

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.

- Confucius (孔子)

Reading, Moses Hadas

This book fills a much-needed gap.

- Moses Hadas (1900-1966)

Celebrities, Nina Dobrev

People tell me that I look like her a few times a day. I think she's gorgeous.

- Nina Dobrev, on being compared to Emmanuelle Chriqui

Tomorrow, Jared Jussim as Dicky Fox from Jerry Maguire (1996)

Roll with the punches. Tomorrow is another day.

- Jared Jussim as Dicky Fox from Jerry Maguire

Wisdom, Zhuangzi

則知者不言，言者不知，而世豈識之哉。

- 莊子, 天道

The wise do not speak and those who do speak are not wise. How should the world know that real nature?

- Zhuangzi (莊子), The Way of Heaven (天道)

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