"I feel it's in people's nature to want to stop evil and embrace the good."

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Source : "Chinese activist Chen gives first in-depth TV interview since escape" by Michael Martinez, www.cnn.com. May 25, 2012.

Chen Guangcheng

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“There's a definite sense this morning on the part of the Kerry voters that perhaps this is code, 'moral values,' is code for something else. It's code for taking a different position about gays in America, an exclusionary position, a code about abortion, code about imposing Christianity over other faiths.”
“I've seen some very beautiful drag queens.”
“This is my prediction for the future: Whatever hasn't happened will happen, and no one will be safe from it.”
“Companies are not charitable enterprises: They hire workers to make profits. In the United States, this logic still works. In Europe, it hardly does.”
“The Act of God designation on all insurance policies; which means, roughly, that you cannot be insured for the accidents that are most likely to happen to you.”

Source : The Lady from Stalingrad Mansions 'A Short History of Insurance'
“In the end, I take my shoes off and stick my feet in, letting the lukewarm water lick at my ankles. It feels good, and not just because Iâ€™m stoned. I make a mental note to add this to Dulcieâ€™s list of things worth living for. For some reason, I keep seeing her rolling her eyes at me, that big, goofy grin stretching her face like Silly Putty. On my private list, I add her smile. She doesnâ€™t have to know.”
“In my mind, I'm always the best. If I walk out on the court (and) I think the next person is better, I've already lost.”
“Do you believe there is some place that will make thesoul less thirsty? In that great absence you will find nothing.”

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