#being

For now I'm just enjoying being a mom. I don't want to be more famous and more rich. I want to be a good mom. ↗

— Jewel

#enjoying #famous #good #good mom #i

We're always on the side of the animal that's being chased. We always seem to be on the side of the rabbit or the fox and not on the side of the hounds. ↗

— Norman Jewison

#animal #being #chased #fox #hounds

I meant that the Chinese people are not aware of their own entrapment. They believe they live in a free society, but don't realize how much they are being monitored and controlled, how much the information they receive is restricted and warped, until they step out of line, that is, and feel the heavy hand of the state fall on them. ↗

— Ma Jian

#being #believe #chinese #chinese people #controlled

Most people are satisfied with the junk food being sold as music. ↗

— Billy Joel

#food #junk #junk food #most #music

It is vitally important for me, both personally and for my writing, to be able to return to China freely, so being barred entry has caused me deep concern and distress. ↗

— Ma Jian

#barred #being #both #caused #china

Living in London is like being on a luxury cruise liner. ↗

— Ma Jian

#cruise #like #living #london #luxury

The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debate about the event, no official apology. The media aren't allowed to mention it. Still today people are being persecuted and imprisoned for disseminating information about it. ↗

— Ma Jian

#allowed #apology #been #being #chinese

The First Amendment says nothing about your getting paid for saying anything. It just says you can say it. I don't believe that if a corporation pulls all the money out of you or a network pulls their money away or you get fired, you're being censored. ↗

— Penn Jillette

#amendment #anything #away #being #believe

I've been singing since I was two. Music was my first passion and I love writing, singing, creating and being creative. ↗

— JoJo

#being #creating #creative #first #i

The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#chief #disclose #generally #known #motives