Lee Kuan Yew Quotes

My children were educated in what were then Chinese schools, and they learned English as a subject. But they made up when they went to English-language universities. So they didn't lose out. They had a basic set of traditional Confucian values. Not my grandchildren.

Lee Kuan Yew

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ChildrenGrandchildrenValuesLose

I wouldn't call it a faux pas, but I have about 12 tracksuits. I always travel in a tracksuit. I feel it makes people happy when they see me.

Jenny Lewis

TravelHappyPeopleMeFeelSee

Every memorial in its time has a different goal.

Maya Lin

TimeGoalDifferentMemorialEvery

I can list on one hand the famous science fiction writers I never met.

Robert Silverberg

ScienceFamousI CanHandNeverMet

Welcome to the brave new world of American multiculturalism. From a nation of diverse peoples united by a common culture, we have become a people divided by a common malady.

Tom Tancredo

CultureWelcomePeopleBraveWorld

It's cool to play the guitar, but to me it's even cooler to scratch a guitar backward and forward, to manipulate it with a turntable. Guitars can't do that themselves.

Diplo

MeCoolForwardGuitarPlayScratch

My father was always so mingled with rage at his life.

Doris Lessing

LifeFatherAlwaysRageHis

If you have any sense, if you're any good at comedy, you come to Austin.

Chris Cubas

GoodComedyYouSenseComeAustin

My years as a therapist working with abuse and neglect families taught me at least one important lesson for my own life. Never judge until you can see through the eyes of that person you are judging, and then... never judge.

Chris Crutcher

LifeEyesMeJudgeYouLesson

If I can't play, there's no reason to go. To watch the game without me in it, is just no point doing that.

Chris Bosh

MeGameDoingPlayGoReason

Just because people can express themselves through their art doesn't mean they are great communicators in person.

Christie Brinkley

GreatArtPeoplePersonJust Because

The intention and outcome of vulnerability is trust, intimacy and connection. The outcome of oversharing is distrust, disconnection - and usually a little judgment.

Brene Brown

TrustConnectionIntentionIntimacy

For so long, I have been an outsider because of my size. And I think that fashion has always, in some way, catered to celebrities or to a thinner idealistic model.

Ashley Graham

FashionThinkLongWayAlwaysSize

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