The more things you own, the more they own you..

I'm not a queen of anything, you know..

Anyone will be glad to admit that he knows nothing about beagling, or the Chinese stock market, or ballistics, but there is not a man or woman alive ….

People who share the same language, French or Chinese or whatever, have the same vocal cords and emit sounds which are basically the same, as they co….

In the service of Caesar, everything is legitimate..

I never said to myself, "I'm going to be the greatest." I just wanted to do my own thing..

The less it is possible that something can be, the more it must be..

Napoleon is dead - but Beethoven lives..

With God, it's possible to be content wherever we are, with whatever we have..

You're only as good as you are now - not as good as you were before..

I'm happy to be where I am and how everything has turned out..

I do like to be surprised..

Cuba continues to be a source of instability in the region. For example, historic numbers of people are fleeing the island of Cuba, putting migratory….

I am conversational - I just like to engage and talk about things..

Chinese cooking is noisy - a multitasking activity that requires constant vigilance. There is no downtime..

Yet some of my friends tell me they understand 50 percent of what my mother says. Some say they understand 80 to 90 percent. Some say they understand….

What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you're good at it. pg 29.

I'm not just anybody.' 'No, indeed. Nobody is..

Chinese companies may well be competitive on their domestic market, but it will be another 6 to 8 years before they become serious competitors intern….

I'd rather be a comma than a full stop..

One has to understand China correctly. Our management there consists of native Chinese, we produce locally and our suppliers also come from China. In….