Calvin Cheng quotes
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“The biggest danger I feel are an emerging group of Westernised, educated, champagne socialists and latte liberals who pontificate about social inequality, democracy and freedom in the comfort of their condos.”
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“Are Singaporeans so easily offended? Please. Have more of a backbone and thick-skin. Are you going to go on a frenzied witch hunt just because some foreigner called you a loser on the Internet?”
-- Calvin Cheng -
“The Singapore Media Festival brings together the most important Film and TV events in Singapore under one umbrella. With media convergence, I foresee that the SMF will encompass even more content formats in future, and will keep Singapore on the cutting-edge of media development. I am confident the SMF will be a signature media event for Singapore and the world for many years to come.”
-- Calvin Cheng -
“I was confident that it [would] not in any way affect my ability to be impartial, objective and non-partisan.”
-- Calvin Cheng -
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Source : Abbie Hoffman (2009). “Revolution for the Hell of It: The Book That Earned Abbie Hoffman a Five-Year Prison Term at the Chicago Conspiracy Trial”, Da Capo Press
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“Democracy can be sustained and developed only by people who understand its essence.”
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“True self-discovery begins where your comfort zone ends.”
Source : Adam Braun (2015). “The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change”, p.20, Simon and Schuster
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“The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.”
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