"Chinese national Internet policy is very simple: Block and clone."

“Entrenched customs represent a social equilibrium, and moving away from that equilibrium is difficult to do on your own.”

“President [Barack] Obama - he was unsuccessful in his efforts to raise the federal minimum wage, but he still used the Labor Department in other ways to try to boost paychecks for American workers.”

Source : Source: www.npr.org

“There are two important things for full success in life: 1. Don´t tell everything you know.”

“I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press.”

“It was the damnedest thing, life. Once you decide exactly how things are going to go, something or someone comes along and messes it all up.”

Source : Jennifer Armintrout (2012). “Blood Ties Book Three: Ashes to Ashes”, p.263, Harlequin

“Baseball is a team game but, at the same time, it's a very lonely game: unlike in soccer or basketball, where players roam around, in baseball everyone has their little plot of the field to tend. When the action comes to you, the spotlight is on you but no one can help you.”

“Phoenix, n. The classical prototype of the modern 'small hot bird.'”

“The next step in my life is hopefully meeting a nice guy and getting married.”