"Being a poet in the States is quite different from being one in China, because in the States poetry depends on the universities for its support. They finance the poets and help them get published. That isn't so in China. But overall it is the same. You can't change society with poetry."

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Source : Source: quod.lib.umich.edu

Bei Dao

#Support Quotes #Different Quotes #Helping Quotes

“The steeper the mountain the harder the climb the better the view from the finish line ;)”
“To me non-violence has come to represent a panacea for all the evils that surround my people, and, therefore, I am devoting all my energies towards the establishment of a society that should be based on its principles of truth and peace.”

Source : "WOF: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan".
“I believe that you can, by taking some simple and inexpensive measures, extend your life and your years of well-being. My most important recommendation is that you take vitamins every day in optimun amounts, to supplement the vitamins you receive in your food.”
“Even if I built a 50,000-seater stadium and bought Ronaldinho, there'd still be complaints about crap hotdogs.”
“I'm gonna give all I've got to giveCross my heart, and I hope to live.”

Source : Song: Cross My Heart
“All the great speakers were bad speakers at first.”
“You can make up your own story when you look at a photo.”

Source : Brian Selznick (2015). “The Invention of Hugo Cabret”, p.96, Scholastic
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