"I heard so many stories from Gaomi's peasants that I had an irrepressible urge to write them down. Today, Gaomi's peasants know that they have become famous around the world through my writings, but I think they are a little puzzled by this."

-- Mo Yan

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Stories Quotes

“I will neither yield to the song of the siren nor the voice of the hyena, the tears of the crocodile nor the howling of the wolf.”

Source : Eastward Ho act 5, sc. 1 (1605).
“Born and educated in this country, I glory in the name of Briton.”

Source : 'The King's Speech on Opening the Session' in 'Hansard' 18 November 1760, col. 942
“In radio, they say, nothing happens until the announcer says it happens.”
“Baeyer-a chemist who was more of an encyclopedist than a researcher.”

Source : Richard Willstätter (1965). “From My Life”
“Every artist should want to be like Michael Jackson”
“I can change the world With my own two hands Make a better place With my own two hands Make a kinder place.”

Source : Song: With My Own Two Hands, Album: Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George, 2006
“The collegiate idealists who fill the ranks of the environmental movement seem willing to do absolutely anything to save the biosphere, except take science courses and learn something about it.”
“The facade is the ego. It is motivated by our seeking love. The only reward is frustration, as it is only by loving that one finds love.”

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