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Kevin Kwan Quotes

In Singapore, there may be 50 old-money families, but you wouldn't know them to look at them.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: singaporean

Topics

You Look Know Singapore May Them

The crafty person is always in danger; and when they think they walk in the dark, all their pretenses are transparent.

Walk Think Dark Person Always

But above that, most mature adults can hold their attention on something for 45 minutes, whether they like it or not. But above that requires training.

Training Attention Mature Hold Above

It took me forever, learning improvisation, because I had studied with Lee Strasberg - I dropped out of Chicago and went to his classes in New York for a couple of years, once or twice a week. What I didn't realize was I was learning directing because he wasn't all that good about acting, not for me.

Learning Good New York Me Acting

It took less time to build 'Instagram' than it did for me to get my work visa. The app was an instant hit, and Facebook agreed to acquire the startup for about $1 billion in April 2012.

Work Time Me Build April Facebook

I played myself in an Aziz Ansari comedy, and that was funny to see how they saw me... flowing scarves and a flourish of pink! Eek!

Funny Myself Me Pink Comedy See

Chess and me, it's hard to take them apart. It's like my alter ego.

Me Ego Chess Hard Take Like

I do think that something of the effect I have on people is to put everything on an edge where they're both infatuated with a kind of charmingness happening in the person or in the writing, and also flatly terrified by a revelation or acceptance of revelation that's almost happening, never quite totally happening.

Acceptance People Writing Think Edge

Democracy is only an experiment in government, and it has the obvious disadvantage of merely counting votes instead of weighing them.

Government Democracy Experiment Only

The interesting thing about the TLC network is that they were interested in following me, not leading me.

Me Interesting TLC Interested About

I did get a degree in theater and took some voice-over classes.

Degree Get Some Did Theater Took

What's important is promising something to the people, not actually keeping those promises. The people have always lived on hope alone.

Hope Alone People Promises Important

We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.

Henry David Thoreau

Dawn Learn Infinite Expectation Keep

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