#chinese

As the global expansion of Indian and Chinese restaurants suggests, xenophobia is directed against foreign people, not foreign cultural imports. ↗

— Eric Hobsbawm

#chinese #cultural #directed #expansion #foreign

We'd go out in Larry's hippie van and drive out all around Dallas. He loved Chinese food, he'd go in and say. Remember me Major Nelson, me and my friends here are making this show called Dallas, have you got a table for us? It would work every time. ↗

— Steve Kanaly

#called #chinese #chinese food #dallas #drive

The old tales of China tell us that all things may grow and change. A stone may become a plant. A plant may become an animal. An animal may become a human. A human may become a god. Just so, a snake may become a woman. And we are told of one who did. ↗

— Aaron Shepard

#goddesses #thought-provoking #change

There are a few Chinese smuggled in over the borders of British Columbia on the north and Mexico on the south. ↗

— Denis Kearney

#british #british columbia #chinese #columbia #few

The great Chinese classics have always said that it's better not to fight; that the clever man achieves his ends without violence; that a battle delayed is better than a battle fought. ↗

— John Keegan

#always #battle #better #chinese #classics

And look at the mess that Russia is; most Chinese don't want to follow that. ↗

— William Kirby

#follow #look #mess #most #russia

So I went to the Chinese restaurant and this duck came up to me with a red. ↗

— Tim Vine

#chinese #duck #i #me #red

He turned to Frank who was trying to pull his fingers out of the Chinese handcuffs… “Okay,” Frank relented. “Sure.” He frowned at his fingers, trying to pull them out of the trap. “Uh, how do you—” Leo chuckled. “Man, you’ve never seen those before? There’s a simple trick to getting out.” Frank tugged again with no luck. Even Hazel was trying not to laugh. Frank grimaced with concentration. Suddenly, he disappeared. On the deck where he’d been standing, a green iguana crouched next to an empty set of Chinese handcuffs. “Well done, Frank Zhang,” Leo said dryly, doing his impression of Chiron the centaur. “That is exactly how people beat Chinese handcuffs. They turn into iguanas. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#frank-zhang #heroes-of-olympus #humor #jason-grace #keep-it-simple

The crack in your heart allows light in. ~ GOOD FORTUNE page 238 ↗

— Leslie Bratspis

#chinese-wisdom #compassion #inner-wisdom #life-lessons #meditation

No, you cannot stop the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can stop them from building nests in your hair. ↗

— D. Byron Patterson

#life-lesson #wisdom #life