Beijing Quotes
61 quotes by 51 authors
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I was at a meeting two years ago in Beijing, and I passed a bunch of women who were marching in a protest. Their signs…
— Betty Friedan
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Space is about 100 kilometers away. That’s far away—I wouldn’t want to climb a ladder to get there—but it isn’t that far away. If you’re…
— Randall Munroe
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Our policy for the last many years has been to deter the Chinese government in Beijing from ever coming into the position where they thought…
— Bob Filner
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My goal is to get on the national team. People joke that we'll be able to go to Beijing in 2008, but it's just jokes…
— Lindsay Thompson
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Often GOP political strategy seems like the human wave theory of the Chinese military translated to politics. Where Beijing uses masses of soldiers to overwhelm…
— Dick Morris
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People don't dream all their lives of escaping the hellish countries they live in and pay their life savings to underworld types for the privilege…
— Sean Hannity
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When I see someone from Beijing owning 50 houses in Auckland I don't think that's neo-racist
— Winston Peters
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It can be argued - and rightly - that Taiwan is not just another regional issue: after all, the Chinese regard it as part of…
— Margaret Thatcher
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The obvious precedent for Beijing 2008 was the Berlin Olympics, in 1936. Both were showcases for a muscle-flexing nation, although Hitler made an elementary error…
— Anthony Lane
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Beijing would indeed consider vetoing any American effort to sanction Iran at the Security Council.
— Li Zhaoxing
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I was still young when I missed Beijing. I was favourite to win a medal but I knew I had time. My coach advised me…
— David Rudisha
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Although the general security situation for the Beijing Olympics remains stable, we still face the challenges of terrorism, separatism and extremism.
— Zhou Yongkang
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Squash has the credentials to become an olympic event and our goal is to see the sport in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. We are working…
— Jahangir Khan
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Cities really are mental conditions. Beijing is a nightmare. A constant nightmare.
— Ai Weiwei
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I’m aware that there is a bigger, far more complicated world out there than I’d ever realized, and just like the students at Beijing University,…
— Susan Jane Gilman
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I think Beijing deserves the Olympics in order to be with all the rest of the world recognized,
— Luciano Pavarotti
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We sincerely ask the Beijing authorities across the Strait to view the election result from a positive perspective, to accept the democratic decision of the…
— Chen Shui-bian
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By 2040, the Sahara will be moving into Europe and Berlin will be as hot as Baghdad. Atlanta will end up a kudzu jungle. Phoenix…
— James Lovelock
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I have a lot of bitter memories from Beijing. Hopefully, we can erase those memories and bring the gold back to Japan.
— Kohei Uchimura
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We now live in a world where the most valuable skill you can sell is knowledge. Revolutions in technology and communication have created an entire…
— Barack Obama
Who Wrote These Beijing Quotes
51 authors contributed a total of 61 Beijing Quotes, led by these top contributors: