119 quotes by singaporean authors for you to enjoy

My mother likes to say that I was conceived to shop - not just born to shop. My whole life as a child was following her and her sister and friends around on her shopping trips. Kevin Kwan

Life Shopping Mother Sister Say Born Following Trips Conceived Likes Around Friends Child Shop Just Whole Her

In order for me to write a scene, it's very important for me to see and experience everything with my own eyes, so yes, I was able to visit some remarkable houses and destinations while I was in China. Kevin Kwan

I think snobbery is one of the oldest customs in the world, and the rich will always find ways to rank each other and make themselves feel more special than others. Kevin Kwan

I've always been drawn to the Edwardian period in England. To me, it seems like such a fascinating time, when the British Empire was at the height of its powers and the strict mores of the Victorian age were dissipating into the decadence of King Edward's reign. Kevin Kwan

Time Me Age Strict King Drawn Seems Empire Like Period Powers Always Were Been Edward Edwardian Decadence Victorian Height England Fascinating Reign British British Empire

My father came from old money. There was less of an expectation for the children to earn a living. Kevin Kwan

Money Old Father Expectation Living Earn Came Children Less

I spent the first 12 years of my life growing up in Singapore. Back then, in the early '80s, it was still a tropical island at the tip of the Malay Peninsula striving to shine on the world stage. Kevin Kwan

As a child, I could bike down the hill from my house and grab an ice-cold bottle of soda from the neighborhood grocer, which was nothing more than a corrugated metal shack run by two Indian men clad in sarongs. Kevin Kwan

The most important thing to keep in mind is the incredible diversity of talent that's out there - there are so many great actors from all over Asia, from Singapore and Hong Kong to the Philippines and Mainland China, not to mention many great Asian-American actors who are eager for fun and challenging roles. Kevin Kwan

Great Mind Philippines Diversity Important Incredible Hong Kong Out Mention Over Talent Most Singapore Most Important Thing Kong Important Thing Roles The Most Important China Asia Asian-American Who Fun Many Keep Actor Challenging Eager Thing

In Singapore, there may be 50 old-money families, but you wouldn't know them to look at them. Kevin Kwan

You Know Look Singapore Families May Them

I come from an old establishment family from Singapore. Kevin Kwan

Family Old Come Singapore Establishment

I remember I had an aunt that lived in a house that had this beautiful ceramic wall that was entirely a painting of a peacock. Kevin Kwan

Beautiful Remember Painting Entirely Had House Aunt Wall Lived Peacock

When cultural movements happen, it's so beyond your control. Kevin Kwan

Control Beyond Cultural Movements Happen Your

Every family is a crazy family. Kevin Kwan

Family Crazy Every

Couture occupies the uppermost stratosphere of fashion. It is the holy of holies, as only about 2,000 women globally are fortunate enough to wear these precious garments tailored to their exact measurements, making it perhaps the most exclusive club in the world. Kevin Kwan

Fashion Women World Club Enough Exact Wear About Only Tailored Exclusive Perhaps Most Globally Occupies Making Couture Precious Holy Fortunate Measurements Stratosphere Garments

I'm a writer. I'm naturally introverted, so being the public face of something, I don't think I do it well. Kevin Kwan

Face Think Introverted Something Writer Well Being Public Naturally

I have a photographic memory. Kevin Kwan

Memory Photographic

I love romantic comedies more than anything. Kevin Kwan

Love More More Than Anything Comedies Than Romantic Romantic Comedies Anything

There is always competition for influence, but there are also opportunities for cooperation. Lee Hsien Loong

Competition Opportunities Also Always Influence Cooperation

If you interview world leaders, everybody will say they are for free trade. But what they mean by it and what they do when they say they are pro free trade, you have to watch and see. Lee Hsien Loong

You World Will Free Everybody Interview Say See Free Trade Leaders Trade Pro Mean They Say World Leaders Watch

The world is a diverse place. Nobody has a monopoly on virtue or wisdom. Lee Hsien Loong

Wisdom World Monopoly Virtue Diverse Nobody Place

We are looking for ways where you can have a sandbox, where you have a restricted environment within which people can try new things, and I can try new rules. And depending on what works, then I open up the sandbox, and it becomes the new rule for the whole system. Lee Hsien Loong

You People Try Looking New Things Rule Ways Rules System Restricted Open Environment New Within Becomes Up Depending Where Which Sandbox Then Whole Works Things

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