"This week, the world gathers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic games. This is the extraordinary moment China has been dreaming of for 100 years. People have been longing for this moment, because it symbolises a turning point in China's relationship with the outside world."

-- Ai Weiwei

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“Play is the work of childhood.”
“I have written on numerous occasions thatÂ there is no distinction in the American Muslim community between peaceful Muslims and jihadists. While Americans prefer to imagine that the vast majority of American Muslims are civic-minded patriots who accept wholeheartedly the parameters of American pluralism, this proposition has actually never been proven.”
“The problem, of course, lies with the realities concealed from us. This has always been the case. While the American public has slowly grappled with ongoing injustices visible within our own borders, it has long failed to discover and correct our government's abuses abroad. In the end, however, this is our government, and torture is being utilized in our names and supported by our tax dollars. We are responsible.”
“They never lynch children, babies, no matter what they do they are whitewashed in advance.”
“All problems exist in the absence of a good conversation.”
“It's much better to be apart and wish you were together than to be together and wish you were apart.”
“If you want more time, spend more time in the Timeless.”
“In death, we are not defined by what we did or who we were but by what we meant to others. How well we loved and were loved in return.”

Source : Allison Pearson (2002). “I Don't Know how She Does it: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated

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