I wish to say to you that the life of an enlightened people and a vibrant nation cannot be measured by the life of an individual. A successful person is one who manages to lay down a new stone, a brick that would help firm up his nation's existence.
If you are with five successful people, then you are the sixth successful person. The reverse of this is true as well, so who are you hanging out with?
People always ask me for my secret. There isn't one. You've just got to keep a level head and stay away from greed, which is the worst thing that can happen to a successful person.
True leaders don't invest in buildings. Jesus never built a building. They invest in people. Why? Because success without a successor is failure. So your legacy should not be in buildings, programs, or projects; your legacy must be in people.
When you look like you stepped out of a catalog, that's never good. People shouldn't succumb to trend, they should interpret trend.
As people's opportunities to succumb to confirmation bias increases online - only seeking out information that confirms their prejudices - ignorance, extremism and close-mindedness have continued to rise unabated.
I feel like people make such a big deal out of sexuality. It's so weird to me, because at the end of the day, it's just about soul connection. It's just about who you connect with.
People make such a big deal about how people in bands look, especially if you're a girl.
It's so funny how my name has always been such a big deal. When I was growing up, my family was always moving. I had to meet new people all the time. And they'd laugh.
What people don't get is that hair is such a big part of our identity.
I think for such a long time people had this misconception of who I was and what I was about.
For such a long time in my life, I didn't trust my own voice at all. I always tried to do what other people wanted.
Chinese people of my parents' generation who lived through the Cultural Revolution knew so much of death at such a young age, and the psychic toll those experiences left was immense. I knew the stories of the Cultural Revolution before knowing what the Cultural Revolution was.
Obviously, making my debut at such a young age, people put a lot of pressure on you.
I wanted people to know that I've been through the rain. I've been broken into pieces; I had a daughter at such a young age. There were times people would say, 'That's it for her.' But that didn't happen.
People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.
A city plays the role of a great big magnet that's sucking people up.
A lot of people my age think stand up sucks.
An effective U.S. policy toward Sudan - one capable of changing the situation in the south and affecting the lives of its people - will require top-level attention and a great deal of energy. It should have three elements: aid, diplomacy, and financial disclosure.
If you say you're fat, all of a sudden people like you!
