Ba Jin Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Throughout U.S. history, national crises have been used to suspend constitutional protections and attack basic rights. After the Civil War, with the nation in crisis, the promise of 40 acres and a mule to freed slaves was promptly betrayed.
-
I think George Bush is the most dangerous man in the world.
-
I think Don Cheadle has always done great work.
-
For decades, Iran has covertly worked to develop a nuclear weapons program and has repeatedly violated its international obligations.
-
I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
-
It's easy to make a film, but it's hard to make a career of being a filmmaker.
-
Being the first woman speaker and breaking the marble ceiling is pretty important. Now it's time to move on.
-
For the third season, we do a sit around on one episode where we were in character and then we commented on one episode just being ourselves, so - not really. I was comfortable, though. I wasn't nervous.
-
All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.
-
I have a very broad demographic, from the 8-year-old who knows every word to 'Ice Ice Baby' and the college kid who grew up on 'Ninja Rap' to the soccer mom and grandparent.
-
I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
-
Venezuela, given its extraordinary educational, cultural, and social developments, and its vast energy and natural resources, is called on to become a revolutionary model for the world.
-
Depending on where my self-confidence was, growing up, I would use humor either to bring people closer, or to keep them away from certain feelings I had.
-
'Miss Rumphius' has been, perhaps, the closest to my heart. There are, of course, many dissimilarities between me and Alice Rumphius, but, as I worked, she gradually seemed to become my alter ego. Perhaps she had been that right from the start.
-
Through this experience we have been warned - learn everything, don't forget anything!
-
My son has taken liking for sports and is most of the time playing cricket and football. It is so much fun being with them, as I'm enjoying every phase of motherhood.
-
In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
-
If you don't want to deal with them, fine. But don't hamper other people from dealing with them.
-
Am I Latin? Am I American? What the hell am I? I love my culture and I'm very proud of my culture.
-
It is good to be connected to family and friends, but when we cannot resist the urge to check updates or upload a photo, we are veering toward idolatry. Idols serve our needs according to our schedule. When we call, they answer. They give us a false sense of being in control. But over time, the relationship reverses. We end up attending to their needs, centering our lives on their priorities and agendas.
-
When you've been on a programme called 'An Idiot Abroad' job offers aren't exactly flying in.
-
We are like the explorers of a great continent, who have penetrated its margins in most points of the compass and have mapped the major mountain chains and rivers. There are still innumerable details to fill in, but the endless horizons no longer exist.
-
Only by not forgetting the past can we be the master of the future.
