Wang Jianlin Quotes
Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals.
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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When Occupy Wall Street happened, I took my money out of Citibank. I already had problems with all the banks - Citibank, Bank of America - but I was kind of just too lazy to take my money out until I saw how Citibank responded to Occupy Wall Street.
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The action carries a sense of incompleteness and frustration, but not of guilt. Victorious living does not mean perfect living in the sense of living without flaw, but it does mean adequate living, and that can be consistent with many mistakes.
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The doors between the old man today and the child are still open, wide open. I can stroll through my grandmother's house and know exactly where the pictures are, the furniture was, how it looked, the voice, the smells. I can move from my bed at night today to my childhood in less than a second.
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To worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction.
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Not to speak disparagingly of Justin Bieber or Rihanna, but they're not so hands-on with their image or their sound. They don't write the music. They have people doing things for them.
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I can't take anything seriously.
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While make-up helps to enhance one's features, too much of it tends to hide a person's features.
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In fact, many nations currently refuse to support embryonic stem cell research of any kind.
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The best way to preserve your privacy is to use a search engine that does not keep your logs in the first place. That's the approach used by Startpage and its European parent company, Ixquick.
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If we can reduce the cost and improve the quality of medical technology through advances in nanotechnology, we can more widely address the medical conditions that are prevalent and reduce the level of human suffering.
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I personally see myself as a musician in the first place. You know, I don't want to say I will be a producer and DJ for the rest of my life. I can totally see myself being in another band in five years, if that's what my heart and soul wants to do, if that's what will make me happy. I'm totally happy to just not DJ anymore.
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How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
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Our brains are very animal but also very strange and egotistical. We're narcissistic.
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If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.
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To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.
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If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture - not only national culture but global culture.
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I sound like a chain-smoking drag queen after a hard night of singing 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon'.
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In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that.
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I think there's a lot of naivete and hubris within our mix of personalities. That's probably our worst crime. I keep wondering what a 'mature' record means.
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I believe in holiness and sacredness in other people. It doesn't mean that the clouds part and I see God. That's a juvenile way of thinking about it.
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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.
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I drink to make other people more interesting.
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Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals.
