Ha-Joon Chang Quotes
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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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I could go and make commercials left and right and pretend like I am a celebrity, but that is not me.
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I don't really desire things. I prefer to spend my money on experiences, on meals or travel.
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I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt.
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When I was doing all this acting stuff, all these kids, like, assumed, 'Oh, my God, you're on TV, and you probably have a lot of money.' And I was living in a garage.
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I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.
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A great sense of peace entered my body, and seemingly into every cell.
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Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medication accordingly. That's not so difficult now, but when you're 10 years old, it's tough, let me tell you.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
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With all of their benefits, and there are many, one of the things I regret about e-books is that they have taken away the necessity of trawling foreign bookshops or the shelves of holiday houses to find something to read. I've come across gems and stinkers that way, and both can be fun.
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One of the main lessons I have learned the last five years as Secretary-General is that the United Nations cannot function properly without the support of the business community and civil society. We need to have tripartite support - the governments, the business communities and the civil society.
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I'd love to be in a feature film, and I don't just mean in a starring role - it could be a small part. And I would like to act in television, to do comedy and drama.
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I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.
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It was a deliberate decision to act in family entertainers like 'Govindudu Andari Vadele' and 'Bruce Lee.'
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It's easy not to bribe. But it's not so easy to keep a business running at the same time.
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Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink.
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'I fly from pleasure,' said the prince, 'because pleasure has ceased to please; I am lonely because I am miserable, and am unwilling to cloud with my presence the happiness of others.'
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Whatever you do, don't do it halfway.
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I caved in to what people wanted me to do. I thought that they weren't going to like me if I didn't.
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Assume the worst about people and you get the worst.
