Ma Ying-jeou Quotes
With Taiwan, it took about 40 years to go from an authoritarian to a democratic society.
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Honestly speaking, I don't like my films. When I watch them, I see a lot of scope for improvement, so if I were to see any of my films, like 'Dhoom,' I might say... 'It would have been better if...' or 'had it been...' and this is all about evolving.
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What can a pencil do for all of us? Amazing things. It can write transcendent poetry, uplifting music, or life-changing equations; it can sketch the future, give life to untold beauty, and communicate the full-force of our love and aspirations.
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Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.
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My first book, 'In Praise of Slowness,' examines how the world got stuck in fast-forward and chronicles a global trend towards putting on the brakes. That trend is called the Slow movement. 'Slow' in this context does not mean doing everything at a snail's pace. It means doing everything at the right speed.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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I just couldn't stand school. If I went, I'd skip after the first class. I didn't like to be told I had to study and had to do homework. There's a fact that you have to want to learn.
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People still kill in the name of religion. We haven't evolved to the point where we're one tribe called humans.
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I love a cool bralette paired with a high-waisted jean, maybe with Chanel suspenders and a good platform shoe.
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I think in the lifetime of a tennis player there are many times where you feel that tremendous confidence.
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I'm a great bum, and I'm a pretty good director.
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I never mind talking about my dad. I'm proud of who he is, and being his son is one of the things I'm most proud of. To be constantly compared to someone so brilliant, who happens to be your dad, is cool.
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There are no more excuses for leaving women out of the inner circles of power. Qualified women are everywhere. Women are ready for leadership; they just need to be identified and asked.
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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I was hiding behind athletics and all my jockitude, so I didn't have to deal with being ostracized as the weird art kid.
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Health food makes me sick.
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Coming up with ideas is really hard - they don't spontaneously pop into my head while I'm cutting vegetables.
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I have never made a game that wasn't explicitly about empowering players to tell their own story.
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I have an appreciation for everywhere I've been so far.
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The story of Google is just when everyone concluded that a search engine would never make any money, everyone backed out of it, and Google walked into that vacuum and dominated.
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Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.
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If you're out there saying something that you don't personally believe, then it doesn't really matter if a voter agrees with what you're saying. If they don't believe that you believe it, then they're not going to listen to you anyway.
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Character shows itself apart from genius as a special thing. The first point of measurement of any man is that of quality.
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Self-centered anger generates evil, but wrath at social injustice becomes the driving force for reform. Strong language that censures and combats a great evil often awakens adverse reactions from society, but this must not intimidate those who believe they are right. A lion is a lion because he roars.
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With Taiwan, it took about 40 years to go from an authoritarian to a democratic society.
