Charles K. Kao Quotes
Ideas do not always come in a flash but by diligent trial-and-error experiments that take time and thought.
Quotes to Explore
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Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.
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I did not just fall in love. I made a parachute jump.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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There's a generative material relationship between the material and the image that comes up.
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There is a saying: 'The child is parent to the adult', which means whatever happens to you as a child or teenager affects the adult you become. You are forged in your history. And fiction is an incredibly important force in shaping children, and that's why fiction needs to be diverse.
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.
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Teenagers did not have, before rock 'n' roll and rhythm-and-blues - they did not have any type of music they could call their own once they got over 4 or 5 years old until they were well into their 20's and considered adults.
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I always see where I didn't do things the right way. I only see the heavy lifting. That's a bit of my wisdom, if you want to call it that.
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There was an ingredient used in perfumes and remedies in the Middle Ages called 'momie' that is certainly one of the most fascinating I've come across.
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Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.
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Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
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Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.
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Freedom of expression is no longer a political nicety, but a precondition for economic competitiveness.
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A primary task of management in the developed countries in the decades ahead will be to make knowledge productive.
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In fifth grade, I did 'Oklahoma!,' but I didn't get a leading role. I knew the whole play and could sing it already, but they were like, 'The sixth-grader has to get the lead.' I was really discouraged.
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When you're shooting a movie, it's two months of your life usually. You don't really have time to see anybody else. Your friends are put on hold while you're shooting, and what you have is the family that you create on set.
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I'm trying to correct what is wrong in journalism today: wasting users' time.
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Ideas do not always come in a flash but by diligent trial-and-error experiments that take time and thought.
