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“I wish I was a great writer or a great journalist or a great scientist or a great artist; I'm not.” quote by Nicolas Berggruen — Download Open image

“I wish I was a great writer or a great journalist or a great scientist or a great artist; I'm not.”

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Everybody is different and I think that we live in a material world. But for me, possessing things is not that interesting. Living in a grand environment to show myself and others that I have wealth has zero appeal. Whatever I own is temporary, since we're only here for a short period of time. It's what we do and produce,…

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Singapore has been incredibly well-managed. It was created out of the swamp, with a strong emotional idea: a safe place for mostly Chinese, but…

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I understand the human instinct to want to create a nest and possess things, to show them off, but for me personally, it became…

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I can drive. Let's just say you don't want to be in the passenger seat.

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I don't get that much enjoyment out of saying 'I own it.'

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Everything I do now is about growing the pot to have more to give away,

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