Kevin Kwan Quotes
'China rich' is the new 'crazy rich.' It's a new level of outrageousness. It comes from this world where overnight fortunes have been made, but the fortunes are so ginormous compared to anything we've ever seen in the history of the world.
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The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
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You might not agree with me, but I always offer a lot of support.
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I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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When I was very young, I wanted to be a girl. I was jealous that girls got to be princesses and wear skirts. It tormented me. When I was 6, I even heard that you could change your sex, and I was very intrigued until the moment I realized that if I changed into a girl, I would be an ugly girl, and this is the last thing I wanted to be.
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We have established a new basis in our country in which economic liberalization would continue to flourish alongside democratic forces and deregulated power structure.
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You have to be willing to ask questions that almost no one else would ask.
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I gave up years ago on the concept that you could actually have balance in your life, I think it's a phantom chase.
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I hate competition.
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It will be disastrous when a leader or manager shows up with one attitude one day and treats people with a different attitude the next day.
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If you think there are no new frontiers, watch a boy ring the front doorbell on his first date.
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Would we be so enamored with dystopian fiction if we lived in a culture where violent death was a major concern? It wouldn't be escapism.
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If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
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Even if I did give a good talk, is what I have to say more important and interesting than what Colin Powell said?
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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I don't think that when I'm acting I feel like I lose myself to it, but that sense of losing, that sense of discomfort, well, I guess maybe that comes a bit! It's about redefining what 'uncomfortable' means for you.
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Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.
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I had to make peace with my past because I can't change it.
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Ishta-devata and Guru are aids - very powerful aids on this path. But an aid to be effective requires your effort also. Your effort is a sine qua non. It is you who should see the sun. Can spectacles and the sun see for you? You yourself have to see your true nature. Not much aid is required for doing it!
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It doesn't matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again.
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There are always good parts. They may not pay what you want, and they may not have as many days' work as you want, they may not have the billing that you want, they may not have a lot of things, but - the content of the role itself - I find there are many roles.
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I love people and entertaining. The fact I can still do it, and it's with my wife is phenomenal. I wanna reach 95 years!
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If you get up every morning and smile, it's a good place to be.
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'China rich' is the new 'crazy rich.' It's a new level of outrageousness. It comes from this world where overnight fortunes have been made, but the fortunes are so ginormous compared to anything we've ever seen in the history of the world.
