"Country [China] needs to continue opening up and keep connecting. It needs to realize that the world has become one. The old concept of isolation, the idea that you can solve your problems on your own does not work anymore - neither in cultural, economic, nor political terms."

-- Zhang Xin

#Country Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Opening Up Quotes

“When I came on to Jack Reacher, I had just taken my girlfriend on vacation and ate everything I could. I put on about 15 pounds, so when I met [the Jack Reacher team] I was clocking in at about 180. They looked at me and were like, "You're just gonna lose five pounds, we're gonna keep you skinny".”
“I'm interested in the way that the language of labor has been suppressed in our culture, the way it has disappeared from our vocabulary and is never heard on stage. . . . I'm better at writing than I am at organizing [political action]. SLAUGHTER CITY is my small contribution. If it gives people a voice it is worth something. So often we forget what we are no longer hearing.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I'm going, she said. I love you but you're crazy, you're doomed.”
“Time is a snow globe; you shake it and everything changes.”
“'Dear Mr. Argeneau,'" she began. " 'I haven't read Love Bites, One, but I will, I guarantee it. I just finished Love Bites, Two, and thought it was wonderful. Etienne was so sweet and funny and sexy that I fell in love with him even as Rachel did. He's my dream man.'" Kate paused and glanced up expectantly. "What would you say to those letters?" That was easy enough. "Etienne is taken." -Kate and Lucern”
“I look to challenge myself with a character that's not like myself or anything I've done before, but I certainly don't reject roles based on how often I've done them.”
“I am raising my voice as a citizen of the country. I don?t want to enter politics.”
“I want to do an album with Steven Seagal.”

Source : "Action Bronson in the Lap of Luxury". Interview with Dan Buyanovsky, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 15, 2012.

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