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Having no diplomatic representation in Washington, China has no sources which allow her to check the character of applicants and therefore makes the practice of refusing everybody from the United States. ↗

— Anna Louise Strong

#character #check #china #diplomatic #everybody

So far we have not convinced the Chinese authorities. My own brother was refused a visa on what was probably my last chance of seeing him when he was going around the world on a tour. Scott Nearing was similarly refused. ↗

— Anna Louise Strong

#authorities #brother #chance #chinese #convinced

I studied voice for about two years with an amazing coach, and I never rose above the level of mediocre. ↗

— Danny Strong

#above #amazing #coach #i #level

I was a volleyball player as a kid. I played volleyball all the time. ↗

— Danny Strong

#i #kid #played #player #time

My strangest auditioning experience was when I was reading for a TV show, and right when I started the audition, the casting director left the room and yelled at me from the hallway to keep reading. ↗

— Danny Strong

#auditioning #casting #casting director #director #experience

As a rule, our largest cities are the worst governed. ↗

— Josiah Strong

#governed #largest #our #rule #worst

We're either going to save Ihe world or no one will be saved. ↗

— Maurice Strong

#going #save #saved #will #world

Furthermore, it is significant that the marked characteristics of this race are being here emphasized most. ↗

— Josiah Strong

#characteristics #emphasized #furthermore #here #marked

In Europe the various ranks of society are, like the strata of the earth, fixed and fossilized. There can be no great change without a terrible upheaval, a social earthquake. ↗

— Josiah Strong

#earth #earthquake #europe #fixed #great

It is not necessary to argue to those for whom I write that the two great needs of mankind, that all men may be lifted up into the light of the highest Christian civilization, are, first, a pure, spiritual Christianity, and second, civil liberty. ↗

— Josiah Strong

#christian #christianity #civil #civil liberty #civilization