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"I had always been aware that the Universe is sad; everything in it, animate or inanimate, the wild creatures, the sto…"

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"Chinese-American political scientist Pei Minxin’s “The Broken China Dream: How Reform Revived Totalitarianism” (Princ…"

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"Success did come to me later, but that was okay, I could feel myself getting better with each story or book. Age does…"

"I’ve always been fascinated with this sense that every single person walking down the street has a whole story. It’s …"