S. R. Nathan quotes
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“The question of peace, progress and prosperity, it's a motherhood statement, all of us like it.”
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“I had the good fortune to be thrown unexpectedly into something called the Labour Research Unit - a little known organisation set up to assist the fledgling labour movement. It was not a company, nor a statutory board, nor a government department - in fact it did not exist at all as a legal entity. Thus in slightly unorthodox circumstances I became part of that struggle.”
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“We are each other's seventh largest trading partner, we are the fifth largest investor there and likewise, we have a lot of exchanges between political leaders, businessmen, tourists and school children too.”
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“In the United Nations, when China entered, we voted on the same position, and since then we have maintained the same position, that position has not changed.”
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“Apprehension is natural, but it must not be concluded that it is a threat. Certainly not.”
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“China also has moved away from its original status of purely producing basic, what you call, consumer commodities and Chinese companies are moving beyond China to various parts of the world.”
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“My own perception is that there are two tiers of countries, one, the original ASEAN, and then the new members. The new members are in various stages of development.”
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“Well, as you've said, we cannot expect the people of China not to want to progress, so if you have an opportunity to progress, to develop your economy to a world class economy, it's an aspiration that is natural and that, I welcome.”
-- S. R. NathanSource : "Making Hisssstory: Samuel L. Jackson talks about 'Snakes on a Plane'". Interview with Jeff Jensen, ew.com. August 18, 2006.
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“Motherhood changes everything.”
Source : Interview with Margo Hammond, Ellen Heltzel, www.goodhousekeeping.com. August 1, 2005.
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Source : Aldo Leopold (1989). “A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There”, p.7, Oxford University Press, USA
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“There is no surer road to destruction than prosperity without character.”
Source : Calvin Coolidge (2001). “The Price of Freedom: Speeches and Addresses”, p.64, The Minerva Group, Inc.
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“If you want greater prosperity in your life, start forming a vacuum to receive it.”
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