Ma Jian Quotes

After the Tiananmen Massacre, I felt compelled not only to continue writing but to actively resist the restrictions placed on freedom of speech. I set up the publishing company in Hong Kong, with offices in Shenzhen in mainland China, and managed to publish works of fiction, philosophy, and politics by unapproved authors.

Ma Jian

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: chinese
  • Birth: August 18, 1953

Topics

FreedomPoliticsWritingPhilosophy

Meditation is a state of mind which looks at everything with complete attention, totally, not just parts of it. And no one can teach you how to be attentive. If any system teaches you how to be attentive, then you are attentive to the system, and that is not attention.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

MindAttentionYouMeditationLooks

Believe it or not, there's a lot of humor in 'Mad Men.' Especially in the dark moments.

Matthew Weiner

HumorMenBelieveMomentsDarkMad

Candidates are up one day, down the other. Candidates' fortunes turn on a dime. They can be determined by a good or bad debate performance.

Ana Navarro

GoodDayPerformanceBadDownTurn

P.O.D. kind of built that brand name. We came out and have been open about our faith. We've always been a positive band in a world that's pretty crazy and wild.

Sonny Sandoval

PositiveFaithCrazyWorldName

When I first heard Madrid were interested, nothing else mattered. I just wanted to come here. This is the best club in the world, with the best coach and great players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Xabi Alonso, Gonzalo Higuain, Angel Di Maria... so many great players.

Luka Modric

GreatBestAngelWorldNothingClub

I like to think of myself as a virtuous troll.

Milo Yiannopoulos

MyselfThinkLikeVirtuous

Science fiction I've always been a fan of.

Jason Statham

ScienceScience FictionAlwaysBeen

I don't mind demanding women.

Chris Noth

WomenMindDemanding

It's dangerous to buy into praise and criticism for what you do when you're trying to present your music to people. I don't ignore it completely, but I don't dwell on it too much.

Conor Oberst

MusicPeopleCriticismPresentYou

I find all of my performances come down to mathematics in a sense - how do you approach the problem of this character? Sometimes I crack that problem, sometimes I don't.

Brad Pitt

CharacterMathematicsProblemYou

I laugh a lot, especially between shots, and it's tough for me to control. There have been so many instances where my director had to request me to stop laughing and come into the mood of the scene.

Anushka Shetty

MeControlToughLaughStopMood

The word 'embarrassing' is an insulting word, to tell you the truth.

Peyton Manning

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