Jack Ma Quotes
I'm just a purist. What is important in my life is that I can do something that can influence many people and influence China's development. When I am myself, I am relaxed and happy and have a good result.
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We went from journalism, in newspapers that gets heavily edited, to blogs, where you can express your opinions, to tweeting, where you can say anything, and it gets repeated and becomes fact when it isn't. It's something the entire world is going to have to come to grips with.
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I'm not the type of person to have a schadenfreude.
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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I love women more than anything.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.
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I don't mind what the role is at all; I just want to play cool characters.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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I don't feel closeted.
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There was a long time where I was an 'artist' in quotes, who had no money. But I guess back then I also never had a girlfriend.
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I get more fulfilment from being a father than I do from being an actor.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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If you have a startup that's keeping it up at night because you think it's so great, then you should do that.
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I miss my horse. He's in Los Angeles.
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At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I'm a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath, where the body floats free. Books go a little wavy, but they're mine, so who cares.
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Detroit's a good investment because, first of all, the entry fee for everything is lower. And, you've got the talent that is here that is ambitious and motivated, so you're going to get in on a much lower cost structure in every way, shape, or form from labor to buildings to whatever.
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You know rule one for the vice president is make sure you never upstage the president, right? It's rule one.
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I'm easy to hate. I get it.
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There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy.
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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That's what I paint, I paint people. They're portraits, but you won't always be pleased with the way you look in my paintings. Which is fine, I guess. Unless you're buying it, and it's of your kid!
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My greatest aspiration was always to live in the tropics.
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I'm so thankful for that struggling period. That time is really great where you have no idea what's going to happen.
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I'm just a purist. What is important in my life is that I can do something that can influence many people and influence China's development. When I am myself, I am relaxed and happy and have a good result.
