“When you do business, you have to depend on other countries. This is the global economy.” Quote by Stan Shih
“In China, if they open the markets, it will force local companies to compete with international players, and the local companies will benefit in the long run.” IfsLongRunningForceCompanyPlayerBenefitsInternationalChinaLocalsLong Runs Author:Stan Shih
“Taiwan's development in the past 20 years in high tech is almost 100 percent related to Silicon Valley.” YearsPastDevelopmentPercentRelatedValleysSiliconSilicon ValleyTaiwan Author:Stan Shih
“It's important to at least break through many of the conventional approaches. I'm not sure my way is better. I will say it's a new alternative, at least. I think my personal contribution over the last 25 years has really been to give a lot of young entrepreneurs a lot of hope: Acer can, they can. Stan can, they can.” ThinkingWayGivingYearsImportantLastsYoungBreakApproachEntrepreneurMy WayAlternativesNot SureContributionConventionalBreak ThroughYoung Entrepreneurs Author:Stan Shih
“I grew in a community where I saw the process of how one becomes a drug dealer or a gang banger or a stick-up kid. There's a series of events that happen. People don't just wake up and decide they wanna be that.” PeopleHappensKidsProcessCommunitySawsEventsGrewDrugWake UpSticksSeriesGangDealerDrug Dealers Author:Michael K. Williams
“My goal is to end mass incarceration and change the laws to stop locking up low-level, nonviolent drug charges. Stop charging drug addicts as criminals.” EndsLawGoalLevelsDrugMassLowsCriminalsAddictDrug AddictIncarcerationChargingLow LevelMass Incarceration Author:Michael K. Williams
“Addiction is a health issue, not a social issue, not a crime, not a legal issue.” SocialIssuesCrimeAddictionSocial IssuesHealth Issues Author:Michael K. Williams
“I had a very dear friend of mine, ton of potential, and he fell ill with bipolar disorder. And he was put in the penal system. And that was just adding fuel to the fire. He got worse. He came out and he's never been the same since. He can't seem to get his life back. And this is a man who could have had Hollywood in the palm of his hand. A lot of my inspiration and aspirations for wanting to be an actor, I owe to him. Between the disorder and him being put in jail, it just snuffed all of that away from him.” MenHandsInspirationSeemsActorsFireMinesHollywoodDearIllAspirationFuelJailDisorderPalmsBipolarDear FriendBipolar Disorder Author:Michael K. Williams
“We tend to put the environment last because we think the first thing we have to do is eliminate poverty and send children to school and provide health.” ThinkingFirstsChildrenSchoolLastsPovertyEnvironment Author:Wangari Maathai
“In Kenya, one of our biggest exports is coffee. Where do you grow coffee? You grow coffee in the land. To be able to grow coffee you need rain, you need special kinds of soils that are found on hillsides, and that means you have to protect that land from soil erosion so you don't lose the soil. You also want to make sure that when the rains come you're going to be able to hold that water and have it go into the ground so that the streams and the rivers keep flowing and the ground is relatively humid for these plants.” WantNeedsKindMeanAbleFoundGrowsWaterLosesLandSpecialProtectRainRiversPlantCoffeeStreamsSoilKenyaErosionSoil Erosion Author:Wangari Maathai
“My thing is to gain the respect as an actor, as a professional, and the friendship and everything else will happen from there.” HappensActorsGains Author:Michael K. Williams
