"Chinese workers are not forced into factories because of our insatiable desire for iPods. They choose to leave their homes in order to earn money, to learn new skills and to see the world."

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Source : "The voices of China's workers". TED Talk, www.ted.com. June 2012.

Leslie T. Chang

#Motivation Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Home Quotes

“The possibilities. Is there any greater pain to know what could be, and yet be powerless to make it be?”
“Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.”
“You can’t act Shakespeare until you can speak him.”
“Sometimes broken people stay broken.”
“I loved movies and went to see every movie I could in Finland.”

Source : Interview with Kenneth Plume, www.ign.com. April 27, 2001.
“I think there's just an inherent burden of being alive and being a woman. No man would ever admit that, but I think women know it, which is: You know more than men, you know more than most people you're dealing with every day, and you know that's it up to you to make things move forward, and you get paid half as much, but you just do it.”
“I always work only with friends, but it must be about them and myself. Because I film only very personal moments, nothing preplanned, staged or written, it has to be real and spontaneous. Some of them have become famous, some are not yet famous, some will never be famous. But they are all my friends.”
“Be positive. Be true. Be kind.”

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