#ann

I would gladly do it but I am suffering from social phobia. I cannot manage being in a crowd of people. ↗

— Elfriede Jelinek

#being #cannot #crowd #gladly #i

True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does. ↗

— Torquato Tasso

#denied #does #exist #found #love

I was really inspired while I was pregnant and I wrote a whole album for my baby. I wanted to write a kids album that didn't annoy parents. I used The Beatles 'Rocky Raccoon' as sort of a starting place for my writing. ↗

— Jewel

#annoy #baby #beatles #i #inspired

While the government can tell you that I am an innocent man, the government's letter cannot give me back my good name or my reputation. ↗

— Richard Jewell

#back #cannot #give #give me #good

I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny. ↗

— Ma Jian

#i #i believe #i believe that #literature #power

I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually. ↗

— Ma Jian

#before #beijing #books #continually #i

China will stay firmly committed to the basic state policy of opening-up. We will actively and effectively use foreign investment, improve its structure, diversify its form and open up more channels and sectors so as to facilitate investment. ↗

— Hu Jintao

#basic #channels #china #committed #diversify

Luck is the by-product of busting your fanny. ↗

— Don Sutton

#by-product #fanny #luck #your

Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today? ↗

— Billy Joel

#being #canned #frozen #heard #lately

I did write a letter to the archdiocese who'd banned the song, Only the Good Die Young, asking them to ban my next record. ↗

— Billy Joel

#ban #banned #did #die #good