Jung Chang Quotes

I like to have Chinese furniture in my home as a constant and painful reminder of how much has been destroyed in China. The contrast between the beauty of the past and the ugliness of the modern is nowhere sharper than in China.

Jung Chang

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: March 25, 1952

Topics

BeautyHomePastFurnitureContrast

I'm an owl; I'm up. I probably go to sleep during the time when most people wake up. The first half of the day, you might not catch me.

Jeremih

TimeDaySleepPeopleMeWake Up

There can be many different views of what Heaven is like, because Heaven is whatever makes each person eternally and fully happy.

Mattie Stepanek

HappyHeavenPersonWhateverBecause

The problem with the designated driver programme, it's not a desirable job. But if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At then end of the night drop them off at the wrong house.

Jeff Bridges

JobFunNightHave FunEndProblem

As an amateur, we used to fight people from the same gym. You'd spar with each other and then fight each other in championships.

Amir Khan

FightPeopleYouGymSameUsed

Movies are an editor's medium.

Stephen Root

MoviesEditorMedium

If people were really naked and everyone knew what each other was thinking, everyone would probably just laugh... or they'd lock each other up.

Robyn Hitchcock

PeopleThinkingLaughEveryoneNaked

I think after Sandy Hook, when Obama went out, and he talked a lot about gun control and met with the parents, there was a sense that something was going to happen. But then, I guess, the power of special interests was greater than public sentiment.

Doris Kearns Goodwin

PowerParentsControlGunThinkOut

People got to understand, the fighters at the top are the fighters that are supposed to get paid because they're the guys that are bringing people in, bringing eyes to the TV, getting pay-per-views buys, and putting people in the seats. I mean, that's what it comes down to.

Chuck Liddell

EyesPeopleDownUnderstandMean

Define yourself radically as one beloved by God.

Brennan Manning

GodYourselfDefineBeloved

We throw all our attention on the utterly idle question whether A has done as well as B, when the only question is whether A has done as well as he could.

William Graham Sumner

AttentionDoneQuestionIdleWell

Some directors want to make superhero films. That's what gets them off, and they love it, and they love sci-fi. I prefer putting my hands into non-fiction.

Peter Berg

LoveHandsWantSuperheroOffSome

There is a hangover from a defeat like Denmark - ask any player about when they've had a bad game, it's still in there somewhere in the back of your mind.

Rio Ferdinand

MindGameBadBackDefeatAsk

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