Michael Lee-Chin Quotes
My wealth came from growing businesses. I had wealth, but not liquidity. Basically I transferred illiquid shares of AIC for liquid shares of Manulife. Now I'm the biggest individual shareholder of Manulife.
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I love morning television because it's the most vulnerable time of day, when you are at your rawest, and if I have the ability to make viewers smile, that's a gift from God.
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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The scientist is motivated primarily by curiosity and a desire for truth.
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Google never knew how successful key words would be. Facebook didn't know how successful Zynga would be.
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Madonna and I are very different. Just saying. We're very different. I wouldn't make that comparison at all, and I don't mean to disrespect Madonna: she's a nice lady, and she's had a fantastic, huge career - biggest pop star of all time.
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When I stopped eating meat, I fell in love with East Indian food - there's so much selection, and they use the most beautiful spices.
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Few states, they have the international borders, state borders; in India, there is so much diversity in system. Unity in diversity is our system, so therefore, you cannot take for granted, whatever you do.
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My real heroes have always been sportswriters.
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'Pomegranate,' started with my imagining a bullet going through the fruit and causing it to bleed. My initial associations were with pomegranates in old masters painting and their Judeo-Christian symbolism.
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Well, we have two major goals. The most important one is to get the station arm on board the station, because that's this really milestone in the space station building since from now on they will be using this arm to continue building the space station.
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The trial of a case is a three-legged stool - a judge and two advocates.
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Phone networks can capture life on our planet.
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In real life, every person is the leading man or woman. We don't think of ourselves as supporting or character actors.
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We would be silly to say that race issues don't exist in 2014.
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Winning or losing of the election is less important than strengthening the country.
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Living in London is like being on a luxury cruise liner.
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I simply asked him if he was making any money. Is that a criticism?
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I love Eric Clapton and what he did with Cream; 'Spoonful' and 'Crossroads,' those are probably the coolest solos.
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After an argument, silence may mean acceptance or the continuation of resistance by other means.
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Various different people have inspired me throughout my career. From Francis Bacon to Vassareli, Coco Chanel to Christian Dior, Cecil Beaton, musicians, architects... the list is endless.
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It's not about being right, it's about getting it right.
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It is an immutable law in business that words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises-but only performance is reality.
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Trend following is an exercise in observing and responding to the ever-present moment of now
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My wealth came from growing businesses. I had wealth, but not liquidity. Basically I transferred illiquid shares of AIC for liquid shares of Manulife. Now I'm the biggest individual shareholder of Manulife.
