Rebecca MacKinnon Quotes

I do not know of a Chinese blogger who has gone to jail, but I know several who have had their blogs shut down. I also know some Chinese bloggers who have received threatening phone calls from police warning them to 'be careful.' In some cases, they stopped blogging for a while.

Rebecca MacKinnon

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PolicePhoneDownKnowJailGone

You'd have to put yourself back in the 1960s to understand how separate from the mainstream of American life soldiers felt themselves to be, because we knew that students and others were demonstrating pretty violently against what we were doing.

Joe Haldeman

LifeYourselfAmericanDoingYou

My first interviews, I didn't know what to say. I was really, really shy. It's overwhelming sometimes.

Anna Ewers

KnowSometimesSayShyFirstReally

After World War II, the winds of nationalism and anti-colonialism blew through the developing world.

Stephen Kinzer

WarWorldNationalismWindsThrough

I think they saw me as something like a deliverer, a way out. My means of expression, my music, was a way in which a lot of people wished they could express themselves and couldn't.

Little Richard

MusicPeopleMeThinkWayOut

Luckily, with 'The Collector' the first time around, it really took off in the DVD world and foreign, so it was just a pleasant surprise that a couple of years later there we were, doing it again.

Josh Stewart

TimeWorldSurpriseDoingFirst Time

Do you know, I have no idea how I got 'The Avengers'? I'd left the Royal Shakespeare Company, and I was one of a long list of girls, and got it on my audition.

Diana Rigg

LongYouKnowRoyalCompanyLeft

I rely upon the directors to fill me in before a shot.

Diana Rigg

MeShotRelyBeforeFillDirectors

There is a renaissance of really great genre entertainment happening. But it's become incredibly audience-specific.

Dean Devlin

GreatEntertainmentBecomeHappening

Success is not assured, but America is resolute: this is the best chance for peace we are likely to see for some years to come - and we are acting to help Israelis and Palestinians seize this chance.

Condoleezza Rice

SuccessBestPeaceChanceHelpSee

I started quite late. I didn't know acting was a job.

Pilou Asbaek

JobLateActingKnowStartedQuite

I always really liked magicians. I'm not even sure why - except that they know things other people don't, and they live in untidy rooms full of strange objects.

Susanna Clarke

LivePeopleKnowWhyStrangeAlways

My philanthropy is largely focused on healthcare, and I really want to make a difference to people's lives.

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

PeopleMake A DifferenceHealthcare

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