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"It terrified me to have an idea that was solely mine to be no longer a part of my mind, but totally public."
Idea
"I went through withdrawal when I got out of graduate school. It's what you learn, what you think. That's all that counts."
School
"My parents are both college professors, and it made me want to question authority, standards and traditions."
Authority
"I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to the veterans. The politics were irrelevant to what this memorial was."
Politics
"Our parents decided not to teach us Chinese. It was an era when they felt we would be better off if we didn't have that complication."
Parents
"You couldn't put me in a social group setting. I'm probably a terrible anarchist deep down."
Deep
"I left science, then I went into art, but I approach things very analytically. I choose to pursue both art and architecture as completely separate fields rather than merging them."
Architecture
"I was always making things. Even though art was what I did every day, it didn't even occur to me that I would be an artist."
Art
"When I was very little, we would get letters from China, in Chinese, and they' be censored. We were a very insular little family."
Family
"I didn't have anyone to play with so I made up my own world."
Play
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"There's something with the physical size of America... American writers can write about America and it can still feel like a foreign country."
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Personal Development
"This is due partly to the fact that Americans are much better fed than Europeans, and partly to the undeveloped resources of a new country, but more largely to our climate, which acts as a constant stimulus."
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"I believe we are now in a struggle over whether or not we are going to save America."
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"I am an American citizen and feel I am entitled to the same rights as any other citizen."
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"So, if I were arrested or if I were killed, then after me the issues that American fears about me wouldn't exist anymore - and I couldn't tell you what those issues are."
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"America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese."
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Personal Development
"Then on to all the terrific american songwriters, from Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles, from Bob Dylan to Paul Simon. Whoever wrote and sang in the song form I have appreciated."
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"Americans can pretty much sing anything, whereas foreign singers are often limited in style, language, even composer."
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"Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?"
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"Your political system is actually too democratic. The fact that Americans vote on every bill and proposition can prolong bigotry indefinitely, especially where it is aimed at minority groups."
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