I. M. Pei Quotes
I haven't taken any new projects in the past years - I told myself, if I cannot live long enough to finish it, I don't want it.
Quotes to Explore
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During the civilisation and development process of more than 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has made an indelible contribution to the civilisation and advancement of mankind.
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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I know what I look like - a weird, sad clown puppet. I'm fine with that.
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I'm not saying I'm a paragon of virtue, but it's hard for me not to be honorable.
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When I find the right information, the Web is a blessing; when I don't, it's a distraction.
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These statements about torture, about alleged misuse of power and things like that, insulted the Filipinos more than their leader because it was made to appear as if Filipinos would tolerate a leader who would torture his own people, who would utilize his executive prerogatives for abuses.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than perhaps their white counterparts.
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The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free.
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It gets boring to me when people talk about clothing brands or what boat they're going to buy next summer.
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If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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There were only ever two black kids at my school. I never considered myself to be 'a black kid'. I was who I was. Which isn't to say things haven't happened to me that wouldn't have happened if I wasn't black.
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I got into cars through my father. He used to work on cars. My job was to hold the light, which pretty much was the limit of my mechanical abilities.
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To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist much possess the courageous soul.
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It wasn't until after I was reelected in 1982 that I thought of myself as a long-term member of Congress.
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The biggest competition is myself. I am not looking to follow others or pull them down. I'm planning to test my own boundaries.
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Mark Zuckerberg did his own software for Facebook, and Larry Page and Sergey Brin made their own for Google.
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You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?
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After all is said and done, sit down.
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I think too many people look at the arts with a religious outlook. Arts, music, singing and performing, it's all make-believe.
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We fought to show that aggression does not pay and that the robber cannot be allowed to get away with his swag. We fought with the support of so many throughout the world: the Security Council, the Commonwealth, the European Community, and the United States. Yet we also fought alone – for we fought for our own sovereign territory.
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It must be recognized that in any culture the source of law is the god of that society
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By default, most of us have taken the dare to simply survive. Exist. Get through. For the most part, we live numb to life - we've grown weary and apathetic and jaded... and wounded.
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I haven't taken any new projects in the past years - I told myself, if I cannot live long enough to finish it, I don't want it.
