Vincent Tan Quotes
Some people made me out like the villain. I'm supposed to be the Bond villain, but actually I'm James Bond.
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Sweden is a small country, and a Swedish writer can barely make a living as an author. We were able to quit our jobs as journalists only after we had been translated into, among others, German.
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I get a choice every time I have to open my mouth: that it can be with civility and dignity and grace - or not.
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I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.
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When I was a little kid, I used to watch with my brother when there was Macho Man and Hulk Hogan. But then I fell out of it for a few years.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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Redheads were particularly persecuted during the European witch trials of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The colour was associated with the devil, and the pale skin which most redheads have was thought unnatural and deathly.
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Entrepreneurship is seen as if you're in Silicon Valley or New York City and starting an app business or a social-media business, which is cool. But what we really have to focus on is people who make things, and how can we fund them, and how can we encourage people to stay in their community and make a difference in their community.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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If I don't eat something after I work out, I get shaky and cranky - not a good combination when you're a television host.
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I was lucky to have my allergist who diagnosed me with CIU.
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All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.
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Men fall in love with their eyes - they like what they see - and women fall in love with their ears - they like what they hear!
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I am aware that I look good for my age. It's my genes. My dad looked incredibly young, so did my mother. And a younger husband helps. Scott is only 45. If he hadn't come along, I don't know what I'd have done.
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In China, you have to have a strong leader for a business to get anything done.
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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.
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Sometimes, I sit down to sketch at the unearthly hour of 3 in the morning!
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I feel like I'm married to what I do, to the streets. And I feel like when the streets are mad, it's serious.
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If I have to produce movies, direct movies, whatever to change the way Hollywood treats older women, I'll do it. If I have to bend the rules, I will. If I have to break them, I will.
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I was spooked when I first got the role, as I was afraid I wouldn't have the companionship I need on a shoot, because I'm so into the process itself, not so much the end product.
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Some people are songwriters, and some people are just recording artists. I'm both. I write and record.
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The way the British 'Office' got away with being so dark was that it only had 13 episodes. There are realistic elements that people obviously enjoy, but they don't necessarily want to relive the trials and tribulations of their average work day.
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Everyone knows deep in their hearts that the drums are the coolest instrument, and that a band is only as good as its drummer. So I'm all for drum solos. I'm all for drummers hamming it up. I'm all for drummers standing up and kicking over the kit.
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I'm not as hopeful as I was when I was young.
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Some people made me out like the villain. I'm supposed to be the Bond villain, but actually I'm James Bond.
