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I think every person has their own identity and beauty. Everyone being different is what is really beautiful. If we were all the same, it would be boring. Tila Tequila

Beautiful Beauty Own Every Think Everyone Would Would-Be Boring Identity Were Person Same Being Different Being Different Really

I've found my calling with Twitter. It's all about the amount of interaction you do, and the traffic you move, and I'm really good at that. I keep going and going and going, and no one can believe that I can keep it up. Tila Tequila

Good You Believe Twitter About No-One Calling Traffic Up Going Move Interaction Really Keep Keep Going Found Amount

I've learned that no matter what I do, people are going to have their opinions. Tila Tequila

People Matter Learned Opinions Going

One of the dreams on my wish list is to spend more time in Thailand. Kevin Kwan

Dreams Time Wish Spend More Wish List Thailand List

It's not normal to go into a house and see a pond in the middle of the living room full of baby sharks. It's not normal to go to someone's garage and see a private plane. Kevin Kwan

Sharks Living Baby See Someone House Go Private Normal Middle Pond Room Plane Full Garage Living Room

Just as our forefathers saved and invested to build what we, the current generation, are enjoying today, so, too, we must plant trees so that our sons and daughters, and their sons and daughters, can enjoy the shade. Lee Hsien Loong

Today Generation Plant Build Enjoy Saved Too Trees Our Must Shade Daughters Invested Sons Forefathers Current Just Enjoying

You need people who have their own views, whose views you respect, whom you can have a productive disagreement with, and work out ideas which you might not have come up with, or who improve on ideas you had. Lee Hsien Loong

I think, at least for me, I'm so impressed by Shanghai and how all of China continues to evolve. On a style level, you're seeing this increased sophistication and brand awareness. Kevin Kwan

Me You Style Awareness Think Increased Evolve Seeing Shanghai Sophistication How Least Impressed Brand China Level

At least when it comes to food, there's no snobbery in Singapore. Kevin Kwan

Food Snobbery Singapore Least

I sort of wanted to reveal this other side of Asia: Southeast Asia, where the Chinese have been wealthy for generations and have different ways of relating to money. I wanted to sort of reveal this world to readers. Kevin Kwan

If you're the water boiler king of China, you're selling a billion water boilers. Kevin Kwan

You Water King Selling China Billion

I've lived in New York City for over twenty years now, and every single day is like a new adventure. At this point, there are many places I'd love to visit, but I can't imagine living anywhere else on the planet. Kevin Kwan

Love Day Single Living Every Else Visit City Point Adventure Over New Like Single Day Years York New York New York City Anywhere Anywhere Else Places Planet Many Twenty Lived Now Imagine Every Single Day

Canada has become such a staging area for Chinese money. Kevin Kwan

Money Become Area Canada Staging Chinese

All Americans knew was 'The Joy Luck Club' and children of dry cleaners trying to assimilate. The Asia that I was seeing was a world of people who are incredibly sophisticated, and I wanted to represent that side. Kevin Kwan

The idea of Asian ascendancy has entered public culture. Kevin Kwan

Culture Entered Idea Ascendancy Public Asian

I met a Shanghai photographer who finds these old streets and matches the French names to what they are today. I was able to find my grandfather's block, and just walking the same streets and finding his house was deeply moving. I finally felt connected to China. Kevin Kwan

Today Old Met Finally Photographer Find Finding Finds Able Shanghai Names House French Felt Matches Block His Walking Same Just Just Walking China Moving Grandfather Who Connected Deeply Streets

My father went to boarding school in Sydney when he was 14. Kevin Kwan

School Father He Boarding Boarding School Sydney

My father grew up in a life of extreme privilege. Kevin Kwan

Life Father Extreme Up Privilege Grew

A lot of the people who live the lives of 'Crazy Rich Asians' don't see the humour of their lives simply because this is just who they are. Even though I'm from that part of the world, I'm no longer part of that world. Kevin Kwan

Crazy People World Rich Live Humour Though See Part Simply Longer Because Lot Just Asians Who Even Lives

I would not call my family 'traditional Chinese.' We were more what I would term the Colonial Chinese. Kevin Kwan

Family Would More Colonial Term Call Traditional Were Chinese

Certainly, living in the U.S., as I have for over two decades, you see how Asians are portrayed in the media... I didn't see myself represented, you know, when I used to look at ads on TV. Kevin Kwan

Myself You Living TV See Ads Over Know Look How Decades Asians Used Certainly Media Portrayed Two

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