"Most Americans have a sense of what the blues is. But in Hong Kong, they have no sense of the blues."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Jess Row

#Hong Kong Quotes

“As an athlete, I hope we can remain focused on the Olympic spirit which celebrates achievement in sport by peoples of all nations.”

Source : "Figure Skater Brian Boitano Comes Out As Gay Ahead Of Sochi Olympics" by Cavan Sieczkowski, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 19, 2013.
“Roast Beef, Medium, is not only a food. It is a philosophy. ... Roast Beef, Medium, is safe, and sane, and sure.”

Source : Edna Ferber (2015). “Roast Beef, Medium: The Business Adventures of Emma McChesney”, p.2, Booklassic
“Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.”
“The noble title of "dissident" must be earned rather than claimed; it connotes sacrifice and risk rather than mere disagreement.”
“Many live in the ivory tower called reality; they never venture on the open sea of thought.”
“Imprudent restrictions often force youth farther than enticement would carry them; and careless limitation is frequently worse than no injunction.”
“So enormous, so dreadful, so irremediable did the [slave] trade's wickedness appear that my own mind was completely made up for abolition. Let the consequences be what they would: I from this time determined that I would never rest until I had effected its abolition.”
“Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.”

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