"When we started out, we were among the first. Beijing had no and Shanghai had very few large buildings. At that time, it was all about building, building, building - and then selling, selling, selling. We were working like a manufacturer. Soon, however, we realized that land was running out in Beijing and Shanghai. So we started keeping our buildings, and managing and renting them out. We became landowners. That was the second act."

-- Zhang Xin

#Running Quotes #Land Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“The first act's doubtful, but we say, it is the last commends the play.”

Source : Robert Herrick, Samuel Weber Singer (1856). “Hesperides: Or, The Works Both Humane and Divine of Robert Herrick ...”, p.160
“Playing 'bop' is like playing Scrabble with all the vowels missing.”
“No, you've got it all wrong, John." Reading his emotions, she shook her head. "You're not half the male you could be because of what was done to you. You're twice what anyone else is because you survived.”
“But make no mistake: the weeds will win: nature bats last.”

Source : Robert Michael Pyle (1986). “Wintergreen: Rambles in a Ravaged Land”, Scribner
“Suddenly I realize That if I stepped out of my body I would break Into blossom.”

Source : James Wright (2011). “The Branch Will Not Break: Poems”, p.57, Wesleyan University Press
“I play these sort of comical instruments I invented, like the electric rake and the electric plunger. I do a lot of almost stand-up comedy material. Just the juxtaposition of the different styles in itself sometimes is funny. Like, I do sort of an acoustic version of 'Purple Haze' that has some bluegrass licks in it.”
“Free will...it's all the rage these days”
“Attitude is attitude, whether you're a West Coast gangster or East Coast gangster, you know?”

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