#con

I like to be in control of things. ↗

— Norah Jones

#i #like #things

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of twenty-one, little did I suspect that I should be at forty-nine, what I now am. ↗

— Sarah Orne Jewett

#confidence #did #i #little #now

Michael Caine is a movie star, but he's also a great actor. I can't say that about every movie star. It's the concentration he has. ↗

— Norman Jewison

#actor #also #concentration #every #great

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

I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually. ↗

— Ma Jian

#before #beijing #books #continually #i

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

The Beijing Olympics represent China's grand entrance onto the world stage and confirmation of its new superpower status. ↗

— Ma Jian

#china #confirmation #entrance #grand #new

Members of Congress must live according to the same laws as everyone else. ↗

— Bobby Jindal

#congress #else #everyone #laws #live

The recent riots in France demonstrate the problem European countries face where second and third generation immigrants still do not consider themselves French, German, or English. ↗

— Bobby Jindal

#countries #demonstrate #english #european #european countries

When I ran for Congress I promised to help make health care affordable again. ↗

— Bobby Jindal

#again #care #congress #health #health care