Ma Jian Quotes

I am trying to persuade my family to spend more time in China. It's no fun to be in exile. I can't even figure out the basic 26 letters, let alone operate, in English. I often feel that although I've found the sky of freedom above my head, I've lost the soil I stand on. I need to be back in my motherland, where I can find inspirations.

Ma Jian

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FamilyFreedomAloneTimeSkyFun

There is nothing worse for me than sitting in traffic. That's what killed me in L.A.

Joe Montana

MeTrafficSittingNothingWorse

The nature of storytelling, since the dawn of man, has a beginning, a middle, and an end.

Matthew Gray Gubler

NatureBeginningManDawnEndSince

Three big assumptions proved wrong: one, that the Iraqi people would welcome us as liberators; two, that oil would soon pay for Iraqi's rebuilding; and, three, that we have plenty of troops, weapons, and equipment for the postwar situation.

John Spratt

WelcomePeopleAssumptionsSituation

My grandfather influenced my brother, and my brother was my biggest influence.

Trombone Shorty

BrotherInfluenceGrandfatherBiggest

Being part of 'Game of Thrones,' you're always expecting your character to die. You're not mentally preparing yourself for a very long haul.

Michiel Huisman

CharacterYourselfGameDieYou

No matter what players say or people say, you want to be liked and appreciated, even if you've had a downfall.

Jason Giambi

PeopleYouSayWantMatterDownfall

We're all from China, and whoever wins, it's OK - I just try my best.

Chen Long

BestTryChinaJustOKWins

I hope that somewhere in Small Town, U.S.A., a 15-year-old kid looks to me as a role model the way I looked at the Indigo Girls and Elton John as role models.

Brandi Carlile

HopeMeSmallSmall TownRole Model

Exercise? A Jew doesn't exercise.

William Shatner

ExerciseJew

Most of the press is sent to my publicist so I do see most of what is written about me.

Sela Ward

MeSeePressMostAboutPublicist

When you're tan, you feel better about yourself.

Nicole Polizzi

YourselfBetterFeelYouTanAbout

I never trusted anybody at all. I don't know why it was so hard, I just didn't.

Marianne Faithfull

KnowWhyNeverHardJustAnybody

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