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Were Quotes by Jung Chang
- If children were brought up to become non-conformists it would only ruin their lives. So parents all over China who loved their children told them…
- I no longer have the terrible nightmares that I used to have. Mao had just died in 1976, and China began to open up. For…
- When I was in China, Mao was Chairman, and parents were terrified to tell their children anything that differed from the party line in case…
- The Chinese seemed to be mourning Mao in a heartfelt fashion. But I wondered how many of their tears were genuine. People had practiced acting…
- We were not treated by our own government as proper human beings and consequently, some outsiders did not regard us as the same kind of…
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- When we were making the law, when we were writing the literature and the mathematics the grandfarthers of Blair and little Bush… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
- Making movies was more a reaction to not being chosen for sports. Other kids were out there playing at whatever; I was… — J. J. Abrams
- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East. — Karen Armstrong
- In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted… — Karen Armstrong
- I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful. — Neil Armstrong
- I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium. — Neil Armstrong
- If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the… — Arthur Ashe