Andrew Tan Quotes
There are many beautiful and resource-rich areas all over the Philippines that are still undeveloped or under-developed. These areas offer opportunities for better master-planning and the emergence of better communities as well as cities.
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Everybody gets dressed every day, and whatever you decide to get dressed in that morning is communicating something.
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Best wine if you're stranded on a deserted island? 1982 Salon Champagne.
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That a majority of the Abolitionists in this place would patronize a free labor store, in preference to others, I do not doubt; but we do not muster money in Cincinnati.
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There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.
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To this day, some of my closest friends say, 'Gaga, you know, everything's great. You're a singer; your dreams have come true.' But, still, when certain things are said to you over and over again as you're growing up, it stays with you and you wonder if they're true.
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There are a lot of good men's magazines. In England, you have 'Arena Homme+' and 'Another Man;' and in France we have 'L'Officiel Hommes.' But all are looking similar.
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Color is a matter of taste and of sensitivity.
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I am always worried that over-planning and outlining will kill the magic of writing; most of the world I created in 'California' occurred via good old sexy sentence-making.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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I don't think I was born beautiful. I just think I was born me.
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I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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I would've been a really big silent movie star.
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I'm klutzy, and I don't embarrass easily.
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I'm sure that people who elected me, some of them thought I was gay, some of them thought I wasn't gay, and most of them didn't care.
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I've seen so many scripts, and I want to do everything. Like with kiteboarding, you have to be fearless. I'm not scared.
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A great revolution in just one single individual will help achieve a change in the destiny of a society and, further, will enable a change in the destiny of humankind.
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In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
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I think in the old days, everybody used to act really quickly because Hollywood was built by theatre people.
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I've been on the computer a lot. They say that's the cause of the soreness in my elbow. I'll be in control. I spent four hours. Now, I'll have to spend one hour and take it easy.
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I loved my time in Congress, but people who spend all of their time planning to run for office have very few useful skills to deploy when they finally get there.
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Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Much of the time life is a sort of rhythmic progression of three characters. If one tells oneself that life is like that, one feels it less arbitrary.
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There are many beautiful and resource-rich areas all over the Philippines that are still undeveloped or under-developed. These areas offer opportunities for better master-planning and the emergence of better communities as well as cities.
