Openness has been vital to Asia's fast growth in the past and it will continue to be crucial for the area's further development.

Smog is affecting larger parts of China, and environmental pollution has become a major problem, which is natures red-light warning against the model of inefficient and blind development.

Environmental pollution is a blight on people's quality of life and a trouble that weighs on their hearts.

Changes call for innovation, and innovation leads to progress.

No matter who you are or what you intend to do, you should not exceed the boundaries of the rule of law.

Reforming is about curbing government power. It is a self-imposed revolution; it will require real sacrifice, and it will be painful.

China is committed to work with other countries for a solution to the global challenge of energy and resources.

Stable growth ensures employment.

The Chinese economy has huge potential and flexibility.

The market is the creator of social wealth and the wellspring of self-sustaining economic development.

I wish to reiterate solemnly China's continued firm support to Pakistan in its efforts to uphold independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.

The door closed and darkness claimed the room.

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

All you can do is show people...You tell stories that are true and compelling.

I think everything that happens in life we're prepared for in ways we really don't really know.

I consider myself a patriot, but not for the traditional reasons. I'm just really passionate about apple pie.

The symphony orchestra had played poorly, so the conductor was in a bad mood. That night he beat his wife--because the music hadn't been beautiful enough.

We all love to win, but how many people love to train?

Never presume that just because you disagree with an idea that you must be correct.

Social change occurs when the gap between the ideals that people hold and the reality that they see every day gets too large.

Occasionally if I look back at something I've written I'll find one of those that I don't understand, but that's a bad thing - the unconscious has dealt me a bad hand.