"The one-child policy was based on some faulty science and had, as an ambition, reining in Chinese population growth, so as to enhance the per capita wealth of the country."

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Source : Source: www.pbs.org

Howard W. French

#Country Quotes #Ambition Quotes #Growth Quotes

“I've always felt that English women had to be approached in a sisterly manner, rather than an erotic manner.”
“There's a bluebird in my heart that wants to get out.”
“In Rome it seems as if there were so many things which are more wanted in the world than pictures.”
“Stand-up for me is just my opinions on things, so it wouldnt be as fun translated into a sketch. Nor would a sketch be as fun if it were me standing there saying it.”
“Parenting, as an unpaid occupation outside the world of public power, entails lower status, less power, and less control of resources than paid work.”

Source : Nancy Chodorow (1978). “The Reproduction of Mothering: Psychoanalysis and the Sociology of Gender”, p.31, Univ of California Press
“The kind of society which we still have is maybe, in some cases, getting worse. Competition is becoming a virtue. Intense competition drives people to go more and more into self-interest. Even to see other folks as competition.”
“Iâ€™ll carry you over my shoulder if I must, just as I did last night. If Iâ€™m forced to do it, however, I cannot guarantee youâ€™ll make it out of this cell with your clothes on. Understand? ------ It appears I am the one who will not make it out of here with my clothes on.”
“I'm reluctant to use the word class so much.”

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