Henry Sy (Henry Tan Chi Sieng Sy Sr.) Quotes
There is no substitute for hard work. There is no such thing as overnight success or easy money.
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I used to sing in jazz clubs with a friend until she went another way.
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My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
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The way I was raised, family was always the most important. When I had our first daughter, Natasha, I knew that's what I wanted to do.
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I want to serve chess through games, books that are works of art. I would like to bring the game closer to many people all over the world.
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The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive.
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Millions of people gave their lives fighting fascism and imperialism, but Pearl Harbor was the event that forever changed the course of human history.
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Albums are like diaries. You go through phases, technically and emotionally, and they reflect the state that you're in at the time.
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The daily calendar seemed, to me, like a kind of cartoon black hole, and you didn't have to be a rocket scientist to know that that couldn't be sustained indefinitely. That's why I pulled the plug on that one after the '02 edition. Kind of a preemptive strike.
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Great books are rare.
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Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do - can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do.
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I said we needed to organize women around the world to push peace.
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Men don't oppress women any more than women oppress men.
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I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt.
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I fall in love with something and wear it every day until it's destroyed. My most treasured items have a very short shelf life because I love them too much.
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I don't think because you have money you have taste... Education and money - this is quite rare. No?
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I try to let my game speak for itself.
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I want to be a better person in every aspect. I really don't feel I've in anyway fulfilled my potential in every area of my life. But I'm optimistic.
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A Little Treasury of Modern Poetry is a standard Oscar Williams production... ...the book has the merit of containing a considerably larger selection of Oscar Williams’s poems than I have seen in any other anthology. There are nine of his poems - and five of Hardy’s. It takes a lot of courage to like your own poetry almost twice as well as Hardy’s.
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To be fully human is...to know that it's possible to face the unimaginable and somehow put one foot in front of the other.
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My father was the kind of guy who'd always say 'Throw out any subject and I got a joke on it,'
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India has been a cauldron of dreams, ideas and aspirations of the humankind and this is a distinctive character of India, and India in that sense represents the world in miniature. If a system can succeed in India, it will indicate the possibility of such success in the world as a whole.
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The solidarity of all progressive forces of the world towards the people of Vietnam today is similar to the bitter irony of the plebeians coaxing on the gladiators in the Roman arena. It is not a matter of wishing success to the victim of aggression, but of sharing his fate; one must accompany him to his death or to victory.
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Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
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There is no substitute for hard work. There is no such thing as overnight success or easy money.
