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Iris Chang Quotes

Iris Chang quotes

Chinese Historian March 28, 1968 – November 9, 2004

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Iris Chang quote: "I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I..."
I don't mind solitude. I love talking to other people, but I do need my space. Iris Chang
I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have to pull yourself out of the whirlwind of daily life. Iris Chang
Iris Chang quote: "The spoken word vanished with the wind. Likewise, the..."
The spoken word vanished with the wind. Likewise, the unrecorded life disappears as if it never existed. Iris Chang
There is also an epidemic of infertility in this country. There are more women who have put off child-bearing in favor of their professional lives. For them, the only way they are going to have a family is to adopt from China. Iris Chang
The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out. Iris Chang
It's a wonderful thing to see a segment of our population that is open and eager to learn more about Chinese culture. It has filtered into the mainstream. You see credit-card ads on TV with white couples and Chinese babies. Iris Chang
After working as a journalist I went to a writing program at Johns Hopkins. It was interesting because it was neither journalistic nor historical, but it emphasized writing style, and afterwards I was asked to write my first book. Iris Chang
We have to keep in mind that it's not just about the numbers of people who died; it's also the manner which many of these victims met their deaths. Iris Chang
Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well. Iris Chang
Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another. Iris Chang
It's much more difficult to work on a broad subject than on a specific one, because even if it's hard to find the information, if you look hard enough for something specific you will find it, and you will discover things that you wouldn't have thought of before. Iris Chang
Iris Chang quote: "The worst... was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the..."
The worst... was what the Pakistani soldiers did to the Bengali women after their failed rebellion. Iris Chang
For some reason, I seem to be bothered whenever I see acts of injustice and assaults on people's civil liberties. I imagine what I write in the future will follow in that vein. Whether it's fiction or non-fiction. Iris Chang
When you believe you have a future, you think in terms of generations and years. When you do not, you live not just by the day? but by the minute. Iris Chang
Iris Chang quote: "I received an honorary doctorate for my work. Maybe one of..."
I received an honorary doctorate for my work. Maybe one of these works is considered the equivalent of a Ph. D. Iris Chang

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