#we

The overall strength of Chinese culture and its international influence is not commensurate with China's international status. The international culture of the West is strong while we are weak. ↗

— Hu Jintao

#chinese #chinese culture #commensurate #culture #influence

Making the City Of Joy gave me the best political education of my life. It became a wrestling match between an Englishman who had gradually ceased to be a Marxist, and a culture that was becoming more Marxist by the day. ↗

— Roland Joffe

#becoming #best #between #ceased #city

When I look at great works of art or listen to inspired music, I sense intimate portraits of the specific times in which they were created. ↗

— Billy Joel

#created #great #i #inspired #intimate

When I was 19, I made my first good week's pay as a club musician. It was enough money for me to quit my job at the factory and still pay the rent and buy some food. I freaked. ↗

— Billy Joel

#club #enough #factory #first #food

Nobody could tell us or really had a very good idea, if there were a massive release of radiation, what kind of medical treatment people were going to need and this or that, or, indeed, whether there would be medical personnel around. ↗

— William Scranton

#could #going #good #good idea #had

I used to design for my body, which was flat-chested with big hips. That's why my clothes were tight on top with full skirts. ↗

— Betsey Johnson

#body #clothes #design #full #hips

I don't do damsel in distress very well. It's hard for me to play a victim. ↗

— Scarlett Johansson

#hard #i #me #play #very

We met The Cult and were talking to them for a while. We went a few places with Offspring. ↗

— Daniel Johns

#few #met #offspring #places #talking

Well, as I was saying... everyone's so nice to me, usually. ↗

— Elton John

#i #me #nice #saying #usually

In talking, shyness and timidity distort the very meaning of my words. I don't pretend to know anybody well. People are like shadows to me and I am like a shadow. ↗

— Gwen John

#anybody #distort #i #i am #know