"There is the specter of "realism" that is still haunting Chinese contemporary art - that art is only an instrument, an instrument to reflect society, that it must be useful for society. Also, I have noticed many Western media outlets are very insistent on understanding contemporary art in China through this kind of realist approach. Sometimes I even sense that they are intent on, as we say in China, "picking bones of politics out of an egg of art." Or perhaps they see art as merely an instrument to reflect society."

“May you always be each other's best friend, May your mutual love continue to be so May your successful marriage continue to thrive May love flourish, prosper, bloom and grow”

“His distress and pleasure mixed and married, giving birth to several anxious children.”

“I remember once in high school the umpire called me out at third base when I was sure I was safe. I got so mad I took out my glass eye, handed it to him and said, Try this. I got such a laugh you wouldnt believe.”

Source : "'Columbo': Peter Falk Dies at 83; Farewell Lieutenant" by Trevor Kimball, tvseriesfinale.com. June 24, 2011.

“Millions of Americans would still despair in the eight long years of the Depression that lay ahead and many of their individual dreams would be dashed on the rocks of economic hardship. But collectively, the country was in a new place, with a new confidence that the federal government would actively try to solve problems rather than fiddle or cater to the rich. Hope was no longer for Pollyannas; the cynics about the American system were in retreat.”

Source : Jonathan Alter (2007). “The Defining Moment: FDR's Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope”, p.306, Simon and Schuster

“I get beat up on every project.”

“It is true that I am a person with black pockets of evil and hatred in my heart. There are underground places inside of me”

“Democracy has now become corrupted by the nature of the funders.”

“And last, we must bear in mind that the relationships between perception, thought, emotion, and behavior are neither automatic nor consistent. In many cases they are demonstrably affected or directed by culture and socialization. We don't just want what we want because we want it; we want what we want because that's what we've learned to want.”

Source : Hanne Blank (2012). “Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality”, p.18, Beacon Press