Liu Xiaobo Quotes

If there has been any progress in the Chinese society and politics over the last 20 years, it is all because the citizens have been pushing for change.

Liu Xiaobo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: chinese
  • Birth: December 28, 1955 - July 13, 2017

Topics

ChangePoliticsProgressSociety

With all the media attention, all the love from the fans, I felt I needed to prove myself. Prove that I'm not a marketing tool, I'm not a ploy to improve attendance. Prove I can play in this league. But I've surrendered that to God. I'm not in a battle with what everybody else thinks anymore.

Jeremy Lin

LoveGodMyselfBattleMediaPlay

I do not believe that I will ever write an adult novel from an animal's point of view unless someday it becomes suddenly appealing to me to make a narrator a mentally ill pet. Never say never.

Andrea Seigel

PetAnimalMeBelieveViewSay

You're moving a franchise. You're leaving one city and going to another, which is difficult from a fan standpoint, from a fan-base standpoint, but you have to take care of the detail things. As you go through that step-by-step process, from my standpoint, my job is to keep in mind the player needs.

Jeff Fisher

JobCityMindDetailMovingCare

The September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon prompted a fundamental shift in the American government's approach to Islamic terrorism.

Amy Waldman

GovernmentWorldAmericanTerrorism

After the crash happened, I was so humiliated and embarrassed. I thought of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, that they must hate me.

Tracey Gold

HateMeThoughtDrunkAgainstMust

Words are but wind; and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.

Jonathan Swift

LearningWordsWindNothing

I think it's sort of an outrage that companies should have to hire firms to teach the college graduates they employ how to write.

Derek Bok

CollegeThinkTeachWriteHireHow

'Monkey Island 2' was a huge game for me. It kind of taught me all about comedy.

Bryan Lee O'Malley

MeGameComedyMonkeyKindIsland

I've always loved Jay-Z's music and loved what he's done.

Ashley Cole

MusicLovedDoneAlwaysHeJay-Z

I believe that if you don't want to do anything, then sit there and don't do it, but don't expect people to hand you a corn beef sandwich and wash your socks for you and unzip your fly for you.

Shel Silverstein

PeopleFlyBelieveYouSocksWant

I think filmmaking is a strange animal because it's anti-Democratic and collective at the same time, but I think it's all about not trying to know everything better than everybody else but making the right choices.

Niels Arden Oplev

TimeAnimalChoicesThinkBetter

I like a guy who's sarcastic, serious, sensitive - even just silent. But you have to do it at the right times. That's sexy. To me, it reflects intelligence.

Moran Atias

IntelligenceMeSexyYouSerious

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