"My goal was to do anything that would lead to a job. I know that writing would not lead to a job. It's too fancy for me. My biggest goal was to be an office receptionist, answer phones. I didn't expect to go beyond that."

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Source : "Anchee Min on Her Memoir, 'The Cooked Seed'". Interview with Kevin Nance, www.chicagotribune.com. May 11, 2013.

Anchee Min

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“We refer to the TLC Match as totally lacking coolness.”
“Support and encouragement are found in the most unlikely places.”
“But really important, perhaps most important is the craft; how you make your record, the creation of these sonic worlds you want your listener to hear.”
“He felt as though he were failing in practically every area of his life. Lately, happiness seemed as distant and unattainable to him as space travel. He hadn't always felt this way. There had been a long period of time during which he remembered being very happy. But things change. People change. Change was one of the inevitable laws of nature, exacting its toll on people's lives. Mistakes are made, regrets form, and all that was left were repercussions that made something as simple as rising from the bed seem almost laborious.”
“Americans are a lot more open, of course. There's something more declamatory in the way you express emotions. It's a stereotype but it's true. British people can appear repressed in expressing emotions. Not very good at self-evaluating, or affirming situations, touching, anything like that.”
“Love, when it is pure, has a revitalizing effect upon others, and in the presence of a truly loving person others grow and expand into a healthier state of being. Without deep reverence for the beloved, such a refreshing stream cannot flow from the heart of the lover.”
“I tell myself that I know you, and then when I think about it, I realize that I don't.”
“When men speak ill of thee, live so that nobody will believe them.”

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