"The Chinese seemed to be mourning Mao in a heartfelt fashion. But I wondered how many of their tears were genuine. People had practiced acting to such a degree that they confused it with their true feelings."

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Source : Jung Chang (2003). “Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China”, p.518, Simon and Schuster

Jung Chang

#Fashion Quotes #Confused Quotes #People Quotes

“We, as Catholics are not permitted to believe anything of our own will, nor to choose what someone has believed of his. We have God's apostles as authorities, who did not themselves of their own wills choose anything of what they wanted to believe, but faithfully transmitted to the nations, the teachings of Christ.”
“I grew up in New York. We were all diversified, as far as music was concerned. I grew up liking just about everything. So I tried to incorporate that into my playing, although the original school where I came from was Afro-Cuban music. But I liked all kinds of music -- I tried to bring that into everything.”
“I'm not myself religious but have no wish to insult or denigrate those who are.”
“...so remember: great achievements take time, there is no overnight success.”
“Canned music is like audible wallpaper.”
“I don't build because I am an architect. I can make true architecture because I do not build.”

Source : Leon Krier (2011). “The Architecture of Community”, Island Press
“Here everything is so wholly what I consider beautiful. In other words, there is peace here.”
“Desire is something very egoistic. If you desire something, you also have to take the consequences of that. You have to study the market and see how it can go. I mean to become an artist... You never get the Nobel-price for example. You can normally never become a millionaire. Very few become millionaires, so the circumstances are very bad if one becomes an artist. And that should be taken into consideration.”

Source : Source: sturm-lie.be

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