Weijian Shan > Quotes

“came to the realization that there was a big difference between China and the United States. China was, more or less, a land of equal pay but unequal access to opportunities. The United States was, more or less, a land of equal opportunities but vastly different pay.”
― Weijian Shan, Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America

“Looking back now, I am glad I didn’t get into the first UN program. My life would have been completely different.”
― Weijian Shan, Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America

“The only thing I did differently from most of my peers was never to stop reading. During all those years, whatever books I could lay my hands on, under whatever harsh conditions—too cold, too hot, too tired, too late, too dark, or too dangerous—I read. I persisted for no other reason than to satisfy my insatiable curiosity and to cling to the hope that someday the knowledge could be useful.”
― Weijian Shan, Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America

“think one always appreciates most the things that are difficult to get, those things that once seemed impossible to attain.”
― Weijian Shan, Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America

“would never give up.”
― Weijian Shan, Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America