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What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another and w

What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another and what is despised or rejected by one cultural group, may in a different environment become the cornerstone for a great edifice of strange grandeur and beauty. – Hu Shih

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On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now on I resolved to write no more poems in the classical language, and to begin my experiments in writing poetry in the so-called vulgar tongue of the people. – Hu Shih

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Poetry
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Hu Shih
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After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country. – Hu Shih

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Learning
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Hu Shih
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Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can we arouse in ourselves a sense of intellectual responsibility. – Hu Shih

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Truth
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Hu Shih
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Love is the beauty of the soul. – Saint Augustine

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I was not a good-lookin girl. I was extremely skinny. I wasnt pretty. I wasnt cool. – Celine Dion

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There is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty. – Joseph Addison

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I have learned that acting is not about beauty. – Vincent Cassel

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