Kevin Kwan Quotes
I think snobbery is one of the oldest customs in the world, and the rich will always find ways to rank each other and make themselves feel more special than others.
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Basically, when I went to school in Sri Lanka from age five onward, the classes there were sometimes sorted into a hierarchy of your skin tone. So the fairer-skinned kids sat at the front row, and the darker-skinned kids sat at the back by the poor ones who played out in the street all day long.
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There's guys like me who aren't going to the theater, so distributors are leaving money on the table.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.
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I was very good in all the maths and sciences.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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I really wanted to break the mold of what modern touring is right now.
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I have only got down on to paper, really, three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be.
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I don't want to mess with my face. So I'm becoming fluent in French so I can go to France and make French films when I'm 60.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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It's good to be busy on a film set because there is a lot of sitting around, so if you've got two roles to play at one time, then that's great to do.
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
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Creativity is the key for any child with dyslexia - or for anyone, for that matter. Then you can think outside of the box. Teach them anything is attainable. Let them run with what you see is whatever they need to run with.
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Honestly, I get more recognized for 'Three Men and a Little Lady' than 'Harry Potter'.
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People always make the mistake of calling an idea small or stupid because they don't understand how it's going to evolve.
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In science you need to understand the world; in business you need others to misunderstand it.
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Not everyone's high standards have to be the same thing.
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Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other.
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I think it is possible to be friends even if you're competing. You know, there's so many guys in rooms that try to psych each other out, and it doesn't work. It only hinders their work.
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I think snobbery is one of the oldest customs in the world, and the rich will always find ways to rank each other and make themselves feel more special than others.
