"I have long been aware that when an independent intellectual stands up to an autocratic state, step one toward freedom is often a step into prison. Now I am taking that step; and true freedom is that much nearer."

-- Liu Xia

#Independent Quotes #Long Quotes #Intellectual Quotes

“Heavy booze is a big time vacation, but you come back with a headache.”

Source : Interview with Royal Young, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 30, 2012.
“When they called me with the Nobel call from Secretary General of the Swedish Academy it was twenty minutes to six and he said well that was well hope I'm not disturbing you but I am the Secretary General of the Swedish Academy. Of course you can imagine I was frozen in time when he said that but then he made a very famous statement, something to the effect that this is the last 20 minutes of peace of your life.”

Source : Source: www.nobelprize.org
“Sometimes I feel that I am a natural born genius in a field of human endeavor that hasn't been invented yet”
“Liberty (individual freedom) is the prize, responsibility the price.”
“I can't remember the last day I didn't train.”

Source : Interview with Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2004.
“These are your beautiful days, Julia Beckett," he promised softly.”

Source : Susanna Kearsley (2009). “Mariana”, p.268, Allison & Busby
“I have some cool talents. I'm really flexible and can do all sorts of twisted yoga positions. And I'm a big athlete and especially love soccer.”
“Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief concern of the Chinese people.”

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