"I wanted to do something far from my……" — Mira Sorvino
"I wanted to do something far from my intellectual and physical home, so I went to live in Beijing for eight months and took Mandarin Chinese."
More Beijing Quotes
- I was at a meeting two years ago in Beijing, and I passed a bunch of women who were marching… — Betty Friedan
- 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… — Randall Munroe
- Our policy for the last many years has been to deter the Chinese government in Beijing from ever coming into… — Bob Filner
- My goal is to get on the national team. People joke that we'll be able to go to Beijing in… — Unknown Author
- Often GOP political strategy seems like the human wave theory of the Chinese military translated to politics. Where Beijing uses… — Dick Morris
- People don't dream all their lives of escaping the hellish countries they live in and pay their life savings to… — Sean Hannity
- When I see someone from Beijing owning 50 houses in Auckland I don't think that's neo-racist — Winston Peters
- It can be argued - and rightly - that Taiwan is not just another regional issue: after all, the Chinese… — Margaret Thatcher
- The obvious precedent for Beijing 2008 was the Berlin Olympics, in 1936. Both were showcases for a muscle-flexing nation, although… — Anthony Lane
- Beijing would indeed consider vetoing any American effort to sanction Iran at the Security Council. — Li Zhaoxing
- I was still young when I missed Beijing. I was favourite to win a medal but I knew I had… — David Rudisha
- Although the general security situation for the Beijing Olympics remains stable, we still face the challenges of terrorism, separatism and… — Zhou Yongkang