Ma Jian Quotes

I meant that the Chinese people are not aware of their own entrapment. They believe they live in a free society, but don't realize how much they are being monitored and controlled, how much the information they receive is restricted and warped, until they step out of line, that is, and feel the heavy hand of the state fall on them.

Ma Jian

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I'm not on a diet or anything. I do watch what I eat, though. But what I want, I get it. I learned when I was at 280 pounds, when I was in that life before, denial was not the answer.

Jo Marie Payton

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I can tell you from experience that when you get that pent-up and crazed, it can be distracting.

John McEnroe

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When young people implode, we judge them rather than saying they need help.

Amanda de Cadenet

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I don't think there is a hidden purpose to the universe that you have to puzzle out.

Robert Fulghum

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Shows don't reunite because television doesn't work that way. There's no profit model and people go off to do other work.

Mitchell Hurwitz

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I like to meditate. But I get rid of my stress at the gym.

Jason Statham

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It's fun to twist fairy tales, but at the same time, I know I need to write stories that are different enough from each other that fans don't feel like they're just reading the same story over and over again.

Janette Rallison

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Whether I'm at home in London or in Paris for Loewe, I always like to walk to work.

Jonathan Anderson

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I'm always trying to stay above the rest, and that's by doing the extra work.

Devon Cajuste

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As one whose husband and mother-in-law have died the victims of murder and assassination, I stand firmly and unequivocally opposed to the death penalty for those convicted of capital offenses... An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed of retaliation.

Coretta Scott King

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Men want to make the best use of time and want to see how something can inform them and give them a stronger sense of power.

Chuck Palahniuk

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I can't really explain what it's like to be in love, but I feel like it's being comfortable. It's almost like having a best friend. It's a beautiful thing.

Ashton Irwin

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