Gao Xingjian I was born Chinese, and I write in Chinese. I don’t think there’s any need to evade this… to a writer, as to a person, what matters is not his political label or his nationality, but whether he is a person and whether his work is worth looking at. – Gao Xingjian Born Quotes Chinese Quotes Evade Quotes Label Quotes Matters Quotes Nationality Quotes Person Quotes Political Quotes Worth Quotes Write Quotes Writer Quotes A writer has to fully defend his rights and his own worth. Literature is higher than politics, if not actually above politics.
Mile Jedinak I want to thank all the clubs I represented for allowing me the opportunity to do so. – Mile Jedinak
Sonia Rykiel A woman and a dress, very often, fight against each other because they are not at the same place. Sometimes you see the woman moving the belt around. She is making the robe her own. She needs that. Otherwise, the dress doesn’t exist. – Sonia Rykiel
Jake Gyllenhaal Every man goes through a period of thinking they’re attracted to another guy. – Jake Gyllenhaal
Jill Lepore The very first television ad targeted to women was produced by the Eisenhower-Nixon campaign in 1956. It includes footage of a woman supervising her children doing their homework at the kitchen table. – Jill Lepore
Chang-Rae Lee We read and remember certain writers because they offer distinctive voices and perspectives, because they’ve given themselves over completely and passionately to their obsessions while vigorously ignoring everything else. – Chang-Rae Lee
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