Li Shufu Quotes
Product investment, quality management, and all the things that are key for a car company - great, there has been no compromise in those aspects. But I feel there's a lot we could do on communication, particularly from a Chinese perspective.
Quotes to Explore
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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Being evil is easy.
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There are times, especially on 'The Five,' where I've lost control for a moment. I always feel bad about it, but those always seem to be the times that people realize, if I'm mad about something, it must really matter.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Society is the body; individuals are its members, its limbs. Just as the various limbs help and co-operate with one another and thus are happy, so each must unite with others in being helpful to all in thought, speech and action... One may see to the good of one's own group, i.e., the group that is immediate to him, and then proceed to others.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.
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Each of the bracelets I wear is from a long trip I've taken. One is from Nicaragua. One is from Nepal. One is from Guatemala. One is from Laos. They don't come off. I walk into a lot of very high-level boardrooms now, and I present to distinguished conferences, but these bracelets remind me of the places I've been and the people I've met.
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It took me years of attempts and failed drafts before I finally wrote the elegies I needed to write.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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In the 1990s, it's OK to do comedy about the Chernobyl disaster or the Space Shuttle blowing up. It's acceptable to ridicule the Pope or the President of the United States, but God forbid you do a joke... about gays. The gay community is the last sacred cow in this society.
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Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie.
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I've got a 1990 Porsche 911. It's just a Carrera, a very simple, straightforward little thing that goes like stink. I love it.
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If you have a great-sounding guitar that's a quality instrument and a good amp, and you know how to make the guitar talk, that's the key. It starts with the guitar and knowing what it should sound and feel like.
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I know the American administration is trying to refurbish its image after Irangate, especially in the Middle East and among their friends in this area. No doubt about it. We are following it.
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People can be slave-ships in shoes.
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That song has the full extent of my mandolin abilities; I'm not a good mandolin player at all.
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I love food. I'm not a great cook, but I love to cook, and I like how different it is from writing.
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I think we all need to be looking to the better angels of our own selves. We don't need to be looking for great people so much as becoming great people.
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Product investment, quality management, and all the things that are key for a car company - great, there has been no compromise in those aspects. But I feel there's a lot we could do on communication, particularly from a Chinese perspective.
