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Tan Chorh Chuan

"The environmental issues we face today are complex and span many knowledge domains. This undergraduate degree programme in Environmental Studies will nurture a pool of graduates who are able to think deeply and broadly about these issues, and help develop novel solutions for Singapore, Asia and beyond. I am delighted at this programme for another reason - it is the first undergraduate course that draws on expertise from eight Faculties in NUS, making full use of the comprehensive strengths of our University."

-- Tan Chorh Chuan

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“Being prepared for loss is never the same as being ready for it.”
“The universe shudders in horror that we have this infinitely valuable, infinitely deep, infinitely rich, infinitely wise, infinitely loving God, and instead of pursuing him with steadfast passion and enthralled fury â€” instead of loving him with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength; instead of attributing to him glory and honor and praise and power and wisdom and strength â€” we just try to take his toys and run. It is still idolatry to want God for his benefits but not for himself.”
“Currently, I'm working with a company called DRL Promotions with my partners Dan Wise and Luis De Cubas. We're currently representing over 30 fighters”

Source : "Even at 55, Roberto Duran packs a wallop". ESPN Interview, www.espn.com. September 27, 2006.
“Poetry must find ways of breaking distance.... all languages are dialects that are made to break new grounds.”

Source : Giannina Braschi (1998). “Yo-yo boing!”, Latin Amer Literary Review Press
“I go to various boot camps 4-5 times a week, and I try to get some Pilates in there to thin and tone.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Now, whereas we do not find it hard to accept the beauty of a flower for itself alone, in present-day, mechanical-industrial civilization, people will usually question the use of a picture. Things are estimated much more for what they do or will do than for what they are or will become... .”
“The Philippines is strategically located and blessed with the greatest resource: its people, who are hard-working, very loyal, and very adaptive.”
“To be is to be perceived (Esse est percipi)." Or, "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound?”

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