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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If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
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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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It is not matter that creates an illusion of consciousness, but consciousness that creates an illusion of matter.
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The George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin affair is one of the most important and clarifying moments in American history.
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It is said that anyone who does commercial cinema is not acting, and anyone who does an art film is acting. I don't believe it. I feel whenever you are doing a film, you are acting. So you need to be applauded for that. I won't do art house cinemas. I want to make commercial films. I want my films to make money.
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There is no substitute for hard work. There is no such thing as overnight success or easy money.
