Michael Kadoorie Quotes
I think as you grow up, you have the adjustment to responsibilities. Now you could say that's easy or not easy... but that's a difficult period of your life. You have the loss of loved ones, which then means you have more responsibilities. Periods in business when things don't run evenly.
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I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
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In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss.
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On one hand, it seems strange that a country that has suffered so much from violence and war would be debating if they want peace or not. But in Colombia, a part of society is deeply connected with the war as a means of making a living.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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I believe that it's better to have a conviction, believe strongly in something, and then the convictions create a style that reflects your mentality.
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People don't slip. Time catches up with them.
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If you could stay at this stage - you're 17, and you're always going to be in love with your first love - that's probably attractive.
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Whoever has lost a fight in the UFC and hasn't wanted to fight that guy the next day shouldn't be in the sport.
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It's difficult to believe that Al Gore was oblivious to the existing laws. He has to respond at some point.
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If you look over the course of a hundred years, I think the gradual erosion of the consensus that's held our country together is probably more serious than a few bearded terrorists who fly into buildings.
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The fact of the matter is the Arab elites are more inclined to accommodate our wishes because of certain overlapping interests that are often financial. That is not the case with the Arab masses.
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I try to be unafraid of making a fool of myself.
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Even an independent label is looking for a hit, they're not looking for a record that's not gonna do well.
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As long as artists can make something, artists will continue to survive.
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It was growing dusk, the blue hour when solid things take on a certain transparency and phantoms become palpable.
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I'll never have to write my memoirs now after reading this. She had six husbands, at least six lovers - why, my life is so dull compared to hers! I've had one husband, one daughter, one house and no lovers.
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Every body that is moved continues to move so long as the impression of the force of its mover is retained in it, therefore the movement of this wing with violence... will come to move the whole bird with it until the impetus of the moved air has been consumed.
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Each time you love, love as deeply as if it were forever / Only, nothing is eternal.
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People around me like me the best when I'm depressed because I'm a bit more passive.
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If I'm at the front line and refuse to treat a patient, it's considered a crime. As a physician, this is my oath. I'm going to treat everyone regardless.
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The way to get people civically engaged, not just during the election but throughout the year, is to tap into Facebook and let them do it with their friends.
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I was a boy toy for a bunch of women.
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A tennis racket lurks in my earliest memories like a sick relative who had come to live with us. When I look at my baby pictures, there it is, resting in my crib in the place of a rattle or chew toy.
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I think as you grow up, you have the adjustment to responsibilities. Now you could say that's easy or not easy... but that's a difficult period of your life. You have the loss of loved ones, which then means you have more responsibilities. Periods in business when things don't run evenly.
