Lee Kuan Yew Quotes

It's irrelevant to me what young Singaporeans think of me. I've lived long enough to know that you may be idealised in life and reviled after you're dead.

Lee Kuan Yew

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: September 16, 1923

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LifeMeThinkEnoughLongYou

When I'm an audience member I do not want to go and see something that I already know, I want to see something that I don't know. I want to be surprised and stimulated to think about something. I want the magic. I want to be in a situation of uncertainty; that's what excites me.

Meredith Monk

MeUncertaintyThinkMagicSituation

I've always been bossy.

Shirley Temple

AlwaysBeenBossy

If you record the sound of bacon in a frying pan and play it back, it sounds like the pops and cracks on an old 33 1/3 recording. Almost exactly like that. You could substitute it for that sound.

Tom Waits

YouBackPlaySoundOldBacon

Life is like Sanskrit read to a pony.

Lou Reed

LifePonyLikeRead

Growing up in the days when you still had to punch buttons to make a telephone call, I could recall the numbers of all my close friends and family. Today, I'm not sure if I know more than four phone numbers by heart. And that's probably more than most.

Joshua Foer

FamilyTodayHeartFriends And Family

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.

Josh Billings

AdversityManTrainingFightingHim

Even though money seems such an objective topic, it can also be the most intimate, and possibly harmful, part of a relationship.

Christie Hefner

RelationshipMoneySeemsEvenMost

You have to be who you are when you do music.

Anthony Hamilton

MusicYouWho

There is a possibility of fresh talent coming to work for the government. Millennials are the most public-spirited generation since the 1960s. There is an opportunity to harness that generation and make government service cool again.

Tim O'Reilly

WorkOpportunityServiceTalentCool

Growth hackers don't tolerate waste.

Ryan Holiday

GrowthWasteTolerateHackers

Before I was a mum, I could live in another dimension, create another world, and it wouldn't bother me if I was not totally available or totally myself. Today I cannot do that anymore.

Marion Cotillard

LiveTodayMyselfMeWorldCreate

My momma didn't clean up floors so I could be a thug... so I could wear my pants down.

Mr. T

DownThugCleanPantsUpClean Up

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