Ma Jun Quotes

It has been shown that public participation can limit powerful interest groups, while competing interests can help find a reasonable balance between development and environmental protection.

Ma Jun

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BalanceEnvironmentalHelpPowerful

Old beach houses sometimes don't have TVs, or you don't get cellphone reception.

Jim Rash

BeachYouSometimesOldGetHouses

I'm not retiring.

Mel Tillis

Retiring

For me, it was a lot of pressure to make another movie after 'Inglourious Basterds' because I didn't want to do something wrong. I wanted to have a beautiful project for another American movie.

Melanie Laurent

BeautifulMePressureAmericanWrong

It's very difficult being an actor and being away for a lot of time, but my sons haven't complained too much too often.

Max von Sydow

TimeToo MuchActorDifficultBeing

God did not create gays and lesbians so He could have something to hate!

Troy Perry

GodHateCreateSomethingHeDid

The whole notion of journalism being an institution whose fundamental purpose is to educate and inform and even, one might say, elevate, has altered under commercial pressure, perhaps, into a different kind of purpose, which is to divert and distract and entertain.

Tom Stoppard

PurposePressureJournalismSayKind

I am now known as Nina Conti's father and it's wonderful.

Tom Conti

FatherI AmNowWonderfulKnownAm

Many fans don't have the leisure time to track my every word. They're too busy brainstorming solutions to the economic crisis and winning Pulitzers.

Michael Showalter

TimeWinningBusyCrisisFansTrack

The art of being a slave is to rule one's master.

Diogenes

ArtMasterSlaveRuleBeing

Children need to get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system, and gain jobs. But they deserve more. We want them to learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment, and civic duty.

Colin Powell

FamilyEducationChildrenCommitment

Sailing is in the same vein as horse riding. There's a beauty to it; it's an elegant sport. You have to employ your intelligence. It's technical, but you also have to take into account the natural elements - the wind, the water, the weather.

Pier Luigi Loro Piana

BeautyWaterIntelligenceWindHorse

As a young boy growing up in Rohtak, India, I had no idea what my life's work would be. But my parents instilled in me something that I have never forgotten: that work must have a sense of purpose beyond mere financial gain; that to be meaningful, work should make a positive and lasting difference in the lives of others.

Punit Renjen

LifePositiveWorkPurposeParents

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