Ha-Joon Chang Quotes
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, capitalism is the worst economic system except for all the other forms.
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One of the things you want as a successful writer is the anonymity.
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The difference between working with actors that have put their time in the theater and just straight film and television actors is that you trust theater actors a lot more. You know that they're seriously more trained than anyone else because theater is the best place to grow as an actor.
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When I left university I was working for a documentary film company for six or seven years to the great relief of my father whose greatest waking fear was that I would become an actor.
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Competing in both track and field and basketball for the Bruins I have a lot of great memories to choose from. But my all-time favorite moment in collegiate sports has to be in 1982 when we won UCLA's first NCAA title in track.
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I'm a competitive person by nature, and I have been in competitive companies, and I love to compete - joining a company where, certainly, there is a real fire in the belly to compete and bring that energy is something I look forward to.
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I mask every single day. I mask every morning - since I was 27 years old. I don't care the brand: it can be from the drugstore or high end. I can be walking my dog in the mask scaring children and people off, but it's my routine that I commit to every single day.
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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Defending peace is the duty of all.
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I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.
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I love 'Strange Brew'. I quote that movie all the time, and no one knows what I'm talking about.
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Maids in India have egos. Big egos. They do not like being spoken to curtly, and they do not like to be abruptly instructed by a woman they do not know. They come with the feeling that they already know everything. So while training them to do things your way, speak gently, and when they do it right, appreciate it.
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Becoming a dad was the proudest moment of my life. Playing football does not even compare.
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It is not easy for me to digest meat. I waste too much energy in digesting meat, and that's why I get my proteins from other products. I like beans and other legume plants very much. I need a lot of 'live' products such as fruit and vegetables.
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If you take one rivet out of an airplane, it will be all right, it'll keep flying. You take another rivet out of the airplane and it still flies. So what the heck, let's take more rivets out of the airplane, and sooner or later, the airplane drops from the sky.
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I never lose an opportunity to speak about my obsession: humankind and the environment.
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In the future, I want a movie career, kids and a happy marriage.
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You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work.
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There is no one single solution to eradicate phishing.
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Man, who don't like spaghetti?
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A disorderly mob is no more an army than a heap of building materials is a house.
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Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.
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Even if we fail, we are still gaining life experience. The worst thing that could happen is that we come out smarter and more prepared for our next challenge.
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Americans overthrew governments only when economic interests coincided with ideological ones.
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To paraphrase Winston Churchill, capitalism is the worst economic system except for all the other forms.
