"I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually."

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Source : "The great Tiananmen taboo" by Ma Jian, www.theguardian.com. June 1, 2009.

Ma Jian

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“I started shooting when I was much too far away. That was merely a trick of mine. I did not mean so much as to hit him as to frighten him, and I succeeded in catching him. He began flying curves and this enabled me to draw near.”

Source : Manfred Von Richthofen (2009). “The Red Baron”, p.134, Pen and Sword
“Europeans condemned Chinese foot binding, but any society that had invented the corset had a lot to answer for.”

Source : Mary Jo Putney (2006). “The China Bride”, p.190, Ballantine Books
“The first famous winemaking consultant was the late professor Emile Peynaud, who reigned over Bordeaux throughout the 1940s, 50s, 60s and 70s.”
“New York is a city where it's particularly hard to be poor, not only because everything costs twice as much as it does elsewhere but because over-the-top affluence is part of its identity.”
“I think that's the job of the writer, right? Not to introduce new ideas or feelings, but to name the ones we know most intimately but are afraid of speaking, or don't have the words. That's what I find most powerful anyway.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“We make our own fortune and call it destiny.”
“If you take away religion, you can't hire enough police.”
“Despair exaggerates not only our misery but also our weakness.”

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