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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I think that any sort of fantasy or sci fi that is grounded in something that could ostensibly be real - 'Jurassic Park' being my favorite example - is that much more prescient because it means that much more. Maybe one day, what if?
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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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There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.
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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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What are we having this liberty for? We are having this liberty in order to reform our social system, which is full of inequality, discrimination and other things, which conflict with our fundamental rights.
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When I write a song, I tap into the emotion and the feeling and then I use the emotion to write the words. It's the opposite when I act. I use the words and tap into the emotion.
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Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children, and no theories.
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We wish nothing more, but we will accept nothing less. Masters in our own house we must be, but our house is the whole of Canada.
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You don't look at a painting and ask if the artist was gay or straight. I think it's irrelevant in any situation - I don't care if my garbageman is gay or straight as long as he picks up the garbage.
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When I realised I wasn't Michael Jackson and I was this 10 year old boy growing up in the suburbs, I was devastated
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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.
