Jung Chang Quotes

I remember when my mother pointed to a stone, and she said this was the kind of stone people used to place on the feet of the baby girls to stop them trying to climb away and unbind their feet.

Jung Chang

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

MotherPeopleBabyClimbFeetStone

Temptation has been here ever since the Garden of Eden.

Jerry Falwell

TemptationGardenHereBeenEden

I've long been interested in how technology mediates desire and the way that our phones, an extension of ourselves, foster intimate interactions that feel so personal and deep, despite being relayed through a machine.

Jenna Wortham

TechnologyDeepFeelLongPersonal

It makes common sense to be managed by results and it's freeing to know you are in control of your own destiny. I'm so passionate about this because I have seen how merit-based judgment has helped create individual successes and yield a better system for everyone.

Maynard Webb

ControlDestinyBetterCommon Sense

I discovered that it was a lonely world being a solo artist. Then I started working with another solo artist, Rod Stewart, and he used to tell me how lonely he was!

Andy Taylor

MeWorldLonelyArtistTellSolo

After spending the 1980s building up Saddam's Iraq as a counterweight to Iran, U.S. policy abruptly reversed course with his invasion of Kuwait and has since tried to cut him down to size. The policy is called 'containment,' but the question is, containment of what?

Michael Ignatieff

BuildingDownQuestionHimSizeUp

I have such a fortunate life that of course I will have my detractors. I have a very endowed life.

Trudie Styler

LifeWillFortunateCourseVery

I - my experience was really no different from any other immigrant that came to this country. It was rough.

Rita Moreno

ExperienceCountryImmigrantRough

I had lost a clear sense of the vision and values instilled in me as a child and was no longer driven by any mission or passion. I made the difficult decision to pull back from the noise of my life and reinvent the way I was living and leading.

Robin S. Sharma

LifePassionVisionDecisionChild

I have always worried about who can read, who can't, who doesn't, and the great, life-altering consequences hidden within those distinctions.

Maryanne Wolf

GreatConsequencesHiddenWithinWho

Old ideas of not trading because 'they won't open their markets to us' miss the entire point of allowing goods to be imported into the United States - because we want and need them and because someone here believes that the good or service received in exchange for our dollars creates value for them.

Mike Pompeo

GoodServiceValueIdeasSomeone

The fact that we're in the playoffs doesn't mean anything to us, to be honest with you. Hopefully, we can accomplish our goal of going into the playoffs on a winning note.

Michael Strahan

WinningYouAccomplishGoalMeanUs

I'd like to get four people who do cart wheels very good, and make a cart.

Mitch Hedberg

GoodPeopleWheelsGetCartFour

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