#ere

I think because I was the first Chinese player to win a grand slam, people were thinking: 'She's not like normal people.' ↗

— Li Na

#chinese #first #grand #grand slam #i

There is nothing in the world that I loathe more than group activity, that communal bath where the hairy and slippery mix in a multiplication of mediocrity. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

#bath #communal #group #hairy #i

All the things that were read to me by my father were stories about things becoming all right. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#becoming #father #me #read #right

The liberal intelligentsia has allowed its party to become a captive of corporate interests. ↗

— Ralph Nader

#become #captive #corporate #corporate interests #intelligentsia

Religion was used as an ideology, as a system of control. When they forced the veil upon women, they were using it as an instrument of control in the same way that in Mao's China people were wearing Mao jackets and women were not supposed to wear any makeup. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#china #control #forced #ideology #instrument

Unfortunately for governments like that of Iran, when they forbid something, people become more interested. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#forbid #governments #interested #iran #like

When I was teaching at the University of Tehran we were struggling against the implementation of the revolution rules. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#i #implementation #revolution #rules #struggling

But it's a very universal story and the thing is I was reluctant to answer that question because I don't want people latching on to a particular stereotype. ↗

— Parminder Nagra

#because #i #particular #people #question

I was worried people would laugh at me when I started to talk the language, but they were just pleasantly surprised that I could. The sense of humour here is great - once I could have a giggle, I settled down. ↗

— Parminder Nagra

#down #giggle #great #here #humour

In terms of the frustration of my character, I suppose any teenager has probably gone through that, in terms of telling their parents, I want to do one thing, and their parent says no. I think parents sometimes forget that they were children. ↗

— Parminder Nagra

#character #children #forget #frustration #gone