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MARTIN JACQUES Already 2008 has proved a tumultuous year in terms of global perceptions of China, and there are sti... MARTIN JACQUES More than 90% of Chinese believe themselves to be Han. Of course, such a vast population is derived ... MARTIN JACQUES I have always had school sickness, as others have seasickness. I cried when it was time to go back t... JACQUES DERRIDA There are a host of ethnic minorities in China, but they often have a weak sense of identity and are... MARTIN JACQUES This June, I'll travel once again to the Food and Wine Magazine Classic in Aspen, Colorado. For ... JACQUES PEPIN Everything is arranged so that it be this way, this is what is called culture. JACQUES DERRIDA The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical... JACQUES ELLUL These irresponsible acts, which cannot have any justification whatsoever, are to be fully condemned.... JACQUES CHIRAC After 45 years of marriage, when I have an argument with my wife, if we don't agree, we do what ... JACQUES PEPIN If this work seems so threatening, this is because it isn't simply eccentric or strange, but com... JACQUES DERRIDA Neoconservatism in all its pomp conceived - in the Project for a New American Century - that, follow... MARTIN JACQUES When I left to go into apprenticeship in 1949, it was only four years after the war, and people don&... JACQUES PEPIN You know, my parents had a restaurant. And I left home, actually, in 1949, when I was 13 years old, ... JACQUES PEPIN Our ascendancy of the past two centuries - first Europe and then the U.S. - has bred a western-centr... MARTIN JACQUES But this emphasis would be lavished in vain, if it served, in your opinion, only to abstract a gener... JACQUES LACAN Beauty is subjective: Bette Davis wasn't beautiful, but she was more than beautiful. JACQUES AUDIARD The fact that television and tourism have made the whole world accessible has created the illusion t... MARTIN JACQUES Following the end of the Cold War, there was much discussion concerning the point of NATO. In the ev... MARTIN JACQUES When you are at home, even if the chicken is a little burnt, what's the big deal? Relax. JACQUES PEPIN It's sad that you don't see drivers being real people. JACQUES VILLENEUVE In its heyday, the car was an expression of technical flair and design genius: the original Mini, th... MARTIN JACQUES All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have f... JACQUES LIPCHITZ What is a scientist after all? It is a curious man looking through a keyhole, the keyhole of nature,... JACQUES COUSTEAU And now, the end is near, And so I face the final curtain. My friend, I'll say it clear, JACQUES REVAUX (Propaganda) proceeds by psychological manipulations, character modifications, by creation of stereo... JACQUES ELLUL The goal of modern propaganda is no longer to transform opinion but to arouse an active and mythical... JACQUES ELLUL The American model was celebrated by Thatcherites and New Labour alike, California worshipped as the... MARTIN JACQUES It is not an accident that developing countries - virtually the whole of East Asia, for example - vi... MARTIN JACQUES The world is fortunate - for the time being, at least - that it has an American president in Obama w... MARTIN JACQUES The links between the American government and the Iraqi government are so close that you cannot judg... JACQUES VERGES Yet, analytical truth is not as mysterious, or as secret, so as to not allow us to see that people w... JACQUES LACAN My presidential victory, if it had happened, would have been artificial in relation to the Socialist... JACQUES DELORS I enjoy walking my dog and completing crossword puzzles. BRIAN JACQUES I always dream of a pen that would be a syringe. JACQUES DERRIDA It's the first time I've seen any of my work done like this, BRIAN JACQUES I suppose there's a child inside me who wants to get out, ... A little baldy child with a beard. Ha! BRIAN JACQUES I still pinch meself when I wake up of a morning, ... Who ever thought I'd be a children's author --... BRIAN JACQUES Ah, 'tis a good strong yarn, about the sea, and all the legends that surround it, BRIAN JACQUES I use animals native to Great Britain, ... The animals have human traits, like the mole is a tiny, f... BRIAN JACQUES Kids are more drawn to animal characters than human, ... They know what a 'dirty rat' is. BRIAN JACQUES