#out

In February of this year I returned to China to research my next book. The authorities know about the novels of mine that have been published in the west, including the latest one, Beijing Coma, about a student shot in Tiananmen Square, but so far have allowed me to return. ↗

— Ma Jian

#allowed #authorities #been #beijing #book

Red Dust was about the late 1980s; it was a time of burgeoning hopes and opening up and people searching for new ways. ↗

— Ma Jian

#burgeoning #dust #hopes #late #new

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

Music has healing power. It has the ability to take people out of themselves for a few hours. ↗

— Elton John

#few #healing #hours #music #out

I never would have believed as a candidate for the U.S. Senate that the U.S. government could buy GM without a hearing, with no vote, yes or no. There are billions and billions of dollars at stake here. ↗

— Mike Johanns

#billions #buy #candidate #could #dollars

I still haven't heard anything from Apple about my hacks. There is a tool based on my work reverse-engineering Apple's FairPlay called jhymn that's been hosted on a U.S. server for over a year and nothing has happened. ↗

— Jon Johansen

#anything #apple #based #been #called

The meat and poultry industries are outstanding industries, and it's going to be a very natural fit for me. ↗

— Mike Johanns

#going #industries #me #meat #natural

The world is really figuring BSE out, and that's positive. ↗

— Mike Johanns

#figuring #out #positive #really #world

I'm compelled to paint nearly every day. I just felt like making a painting, went out and bought paints and a canvas. Now it fulfills me creatively when I'm not doing music: it's something you can do by yourself and it's totally yours. It's a great adjunct to my life. ↗

— David Johansen

#bought #canvas #compelled #creatively #day

As an undergraduate, I had an opportunity to go on a number of archeological digs. So I had experience excavating, digging up remains of ancient Indian villages in the Midwest and in the Southwest. ↗

— Donald Johanson

#archeological #digging #digs #experience #go