Gordon Wu quotes
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“I probably have mellowed down a bit. But when it comes to principles, I still have to make a stand.”
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“Princeton has made an enormous difference in my life, and I am delighted to be able to express my gratitude in such a tangible way. The generosity of earlier generations of donors made it possible for me to attend Princeton as a young student from Hong Kong, and I have always wanted to do all I could to assure that students in the future.. from the United States and around the world.. will have the same kinds of opportunities I had to learn from faculty members who are leaders in their fields at a university that remains second to none in its commitment to teaching.”
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“Whenever there is a a financial crisis, it is always the banks that get hit.”
-- Gordon Wu -
“Anybody who doesn't think that Hong Kong has to depend on the PRC (China) must be the biggest idiot on earth because you are talking about getting access to a 1.3 billion people market.”
-- Gordon Wu -
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“You have to earn money the hard way. Because no-one will serve it up to you on a silver platter.”
-- Gordon Wu
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“Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.”
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Source : "Paroles d'un sage: Choix de pensées d'African Spir" ("Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir") by Hélène Claparède-Spir, (p. 60), 1937.
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Source : "Paroles d'un sage: Choix de pensées d'African Spir" ("Words of a Sage : Selected thoughts of African Spir") by Hélène Claparède-Spir, (p. 38), 1937.
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“If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.”
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“As great as technology is, it still has it's limitations, because it's only a frame of the truth”
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“Stand still. The trees ahead and bush beside you are not lost.”
Source : David Wagoner (1999). “Traveling Light: Collected and New Poems”, p.10, University of Illinois Press
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