Jung Chang Quotes

Although my book is banned I am still allowed to go to China and travel. There is no longer the kind of control that Mao used to have-there have been deep fundamental changes in society.

Jung Chang

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TravelI AmControlSocietyBookGo

A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world.

John le Carre

WorldViewPlaceDangerousDesk

Graphic public service announcements about texting and driving or drinking and driving serve a purpose: to see the imagery in your mind so your behavior will change.

Mel Robbins

ChangeServicePurposeMindBehavior

Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many things fall out betweene the cup and the lip.

Robert Greene

MenFallOutThingsCupLip

I grew up with music in the house. I was told I could sing as soon as I started talking. Everybody in my family sang, always lots of records, blues and jazz and soul, R&B, you know, like Mahalia Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Coltrane, that kind of thing.

Tracy Chapman

FamilyMusicSoulTalkingYouHouse

For me, there's something very romantic about going and looking at the stars and trying to photograph spy satellites.

Trevor Paglen

StarsRomanticMeLookingTrying

I think my wife and my kids are incredibly good to allow me to stay in public life given that they have to cop a whole lot of collateral attention that, being human, they'd rather not get.

Tony Abbott

LifeGoodWifeMeThinkAttention

My parents were farmers' kids from South Dakota. My dad was an engineer. I wanted to be responsible and major in something pragmatic.

Ron Carlson

ParentsResponsibleFarmersSomething

My favourite store? Seize Sur Vingt in New York. They make most of my suits, and they are really cool people.

Matt Berninger

New YorkPeopleCoolSuitsSeize

For years I looked at the Iranians with envy - not at the outcome of their 1979 revolution, but because it was a popular uprising, not a euphemism for a coup.

Mona Eltahawy

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I'm telling you, until I shaved my head, I never realized how much heat is lost through the top of the head. I walk out in winter and it feels like I have an ice pack on my head. Unbelievable.

Bryan Cranston

WinterWalkIceYouLostHeat

True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility.

Bryant H. McGill

LoveTrue LoveLove IsHumilityTrue

I never set money as a goal. It was a result.

Bob Diamond

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