American - Politician | January 21, 1950 -
One of the last books I read was 'Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime' by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin. It gives a really good behind-the-scenes look at the campaigns. I didn't ask the president how accurate it was. I wouldn't ask him that.
Gary Locke
ChangeGoodGameLookRaceAsk
On top of my to-do list in preparing for Beijing is 'On China' by Henry Kissinger, who has had firsthand experience with every top Chinese leader since Mao, so his insights are valuable and his access is perhaps unrivaled.
LeaderExperienceTopChinaValuable
I confess to loving a good murder mystery - anything by Scott Turow or John Grisham. Maybe it's a holdover from my days as a criminal prosecutor in Seattle.
GoodMysteryLovingSeattleAnything
If the Chinese can't buy U.S. products, they'll buy them from European countries and then develop stronger economic ties with France and Germany and perhaps side more with those countries when international issues flare up.
StrongerMoreUpBuySideProducts
I think that people always just assumed that I was a liberal because I came from Southeast Seattle.
PeopleThinkAlwaysSeattleLiberal
Americans are very easygoing people. If the added attention and great visibility that I have been able to generate can help open doors and expose more Chinese to American values and the American way of life, that is great.
LifeGreatPeopleAmericanHelpWay
China is a country, still, of great contrast. While hundreds of millions of people are part of the middle class and yearn for things made in America - American brands, movies, music - there are other hundreds of millions of people throughout China who are living on the equivalent of one U.S. dollar a day.
MusicGreatDayPeopleAmerican
I think that there is a concern, a question mark, by people all around the world and governments all around the world, as to what China's intentions are.
PeopleWorldThinkIntentionsChina
As President Obama clearly said just a few months ago, China must play by the international rules, the international trading system from which they've benefited so much.
RulesPlaySaidPresidentClearly
The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics and since then, there's been a greater intolerance of dissent and the human rights record of China has been going in the wrong direction.
TimeDirectionFallRiseWrongRun
The constant influx of new cultures, new ideas and new ways of looking at old problems is a big part of the reason why America has been the most dynamic economy in the world for well over a century.
IdeasWorldLookingProblemsAmerica
The U.S. tries to provide immigrants who grow up here with a world-class education and imbue them with the can-do attitude that has long defined American innovation.
EducationAttitudeInnovationGrow
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Gary Locke quotes