Kevin Kwan Quotes
My father came from old money. There was less of an expectation for the children to earn a living.
Quotes to Explore
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Telling people not to have children is unthinkable and inhumane.
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I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place because I have four children. It's usually pandemonium around here!
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It was all about flying round the world, working hard, being on the cover of Vogue, making money. It wasn't fun. It was exhausting, but I was young and convinced I knew best.
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I've made all my money on my own without my family and I work very hard.
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Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
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At the end of the day, it's all about money.
Garry Kasparov
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We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children.
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I absolutely loathe the idea of doing a fragrance simply as a moneymaker. Personal brand to make money? Vomit.
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Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective.
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If I ever have children of my own, they will read 'Matilda.' They will watch the movie. And you can bet they will see 'Matilda: The Musical.'
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A desert is a place without expectation.
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We are all Adam's children - it's just the skin that makes all the difference.
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The first money I have been offered was as District Officer Ba.
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Well I think money has been going into political campaigns for a very long time.
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'The Ecologist' has lost money from the day it was launched in 1970, and will continue until the last edition is printed. It was never set up as a business venture. It was set up as a campaign, and like all good campaigns, it costs. Its various backers have, over the years, been happy to pay that cost.
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My father died in France, and my sisters and I went over with my mum to bring back his body. I remember going to the funeral parlour in France and being given a laminated menu of coffins, and thinking, surely there is an ice cream at the back of here!
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If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
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Jazz is a constant theme in my life. My father is a jazz pianist, and from an early age I have been surrounded by it.
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Children are not a right, they are a privileged obligation.
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Thank you for listening. Thank you for abiding me. And now, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages, I bid you goodbye and take my leave.
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I admit that I resent running out of research money.
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Most of my work - including everything from my own comics to the covers I've drawn for 'The New Yorker' - is the result of taking some personal experience or observation and then fictionalizing it to a degree.
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My father came from old money. There was less of an expectation for the children to earn a living.
