言慧珠是梅蘭芳最得意的弟子。有次她請一位德高望重的前輩給她的表演打分。老前輩說：「扮相、身段都好，就是沒有梅先生的那股仙氣兒。」 言慧珠就問：「何謂仙氣兒？它又是怎麽來的呢？」
以髮為喻
No License to be imprecise
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Matthew Cheung is also an incompetent in another area: English writing
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Some Like it Hot
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Take a cup of kindness yet
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“The jerks, the breaks, and the harshness of prose”
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餘音嘹亮尚飄空—— 理想教育的特質
民國美學大師宗白華（1897-1986）的傳記作者鄒士方，80年代初撰寫宗白華的傳記期間，曾到北京圖書館報庫讀宗抗戰時期的舊作。鄒這樣形容當時看書情景：「時值酷暑，汗流浹背，但我抄錄著宗先生在《星期學燈》上的詩意怏然的『編輯後語』，只感到渾身爽快，如置身於清涼世界，我再一次被宗老那深邃的思想和優美的語言所折服。」
“I know how their wicked little minds operate”
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