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“Singapore and China did not have diplomatic relations at that time [1976]. Communism is banned in Singapore, and nobody could visit China without official approval. The Singapore government had prohibited travel there for fear that Singaporeans would be subverted and converted to the communist cause. . .The travel ban was lifted after Lee Kuan Yew's visit. He realised that nobody could experience life there and be seduced by their system. Indeed, they would better appreciate what Singapore offered.”

China Singapore Sad But True

Author:Cheong Yip Seng

Source: OB Markers: My Straits Times Story

“Singapore and China, which don't want to encourage democratic citizenship, are expanding their humanities curricula. These reforms are all about developing a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.”

Want Humanity Culture Innovation Democratic China Entrepreneurship Reform Developing Citizenship Expanding Singapore

Author:Martha C. Nussbaum

“Singapore could only be taken after a siege by an army of at least 50,000 men. It is not considered possible that the Japanese would embark on such a mad enterprise.”

Men World War Taken Army Mad War Of The Worlds Enterprise World War Ii World War I World War 2 Singapore Siege World War 1

Author:Winston Churchill

“Singapore gives 10% "white space" time to all of its teachers to come up with their own innovations outside of the official curriculum. This encourages teachers to turn to their colleagues for inspiration and ideas.”

Giving Ideas Inspiration Turns Space White Teacher Percent Innovation Come Up Officials Colleagues Curriculum Singapore Space Time White Space

Author:Andy Hargreaves

“Singapore had the same number of Chinese crooks, but you try and find one today. They are all hidden, camouflaged, or dormant. The crooks were held on steel leashes by two hands: Lee Kuan Yew's left hand and Lee Kuan Yew's right hand.”

Humor Lee Kuan Yew

Author:Robert Kuok Hock Nien

Source: Robert Kuok: A Memoir

“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 accepting other cultures and other races.”

Wells Has Beens Ideas Culture Strong Race Accepting Emotional Safe Chinese Singapore Swamps Other Cultures Safe Places Accepting Others Strong Emotional

Author:Nicolas Berggruen

“Singapore is a pretty fantastic place, and the race is always a challenge.”

Challenges Race Fantastic Singapore

Author:Romain Grosjean

“Singapore is the happiest place in Asia”

Asia Singapore

Author:Dan Buettner

Source: Thrive: Finding Happiness the Blue Zones Way

“Singapore is what your city could become if everyone obeyed the rules, did their jobs diligently, and just shut up. When your city gets to be this paragon of efficiency and discipline, would you still want to live there? Singapore is a model city, which is terrific if you happen to be a model human.”

Travel Singapore

Author:Jessica Zafra

Source: Twisted Travels

“Singapore shall cease to be a state of Malaysia and shall forever be an independent and sovereign state and nation separate from and independent of Malaysia, and that the government of Malaysia recognises the government of Singapore as an independent and sovereign government of Singapore and will always work in friendship and cooperation with it.”

States Government Nations Forever Independent Cease Cooperation Sovereign Recognise Singapore Malaysia

Author:Tunku Abdul Rahman

“Singapore, Switzerland, Austria, and many of the European countries that we all admire today, don’t have one tenth of the natural resources that African countries have. Yet, because of the principles of truth and honesty, they have been able to build some of the most civilized societies in the modern world.”

World Truth Honesty Resources Africa European Countries Civilize

Author:Sunday Adelaja

“Singapore was the very first South-east Asian nation to join the global coalition against ISIL (ISIS) coalition, and we'll work to sustain our momentum in destroying that terrorist organisation.”

Firsts Nations South East Terrorist Destroying Asian Isis Momentum Organisation Coalitions Singapore Isil

Author:Barack Obama

“Singaporeans seemed generally quite loathe to discuss these more intimate policies of government with a curious foreign visitor who was more than twice as tall as the average human, and who sweated slowly but continuously, like and aged cheese.”

Singapore

Author:William Gibson

Source: Distrust That Particular Flavor

“Singaporeans, if I can chose an analogy, we are the hard disk of a computer, the foreign talent are the megabytes you add to your storage capacity. So your computer never hangs because you got enormous storage capacity.”

Ifs I Can Hard Inspiring Talent Computer Capacity Add Enormous Analogies Storage Disk

Author:Lee Kuan Yew

“Singer and actress Gertrude Lawrence once overheard an assistant describing the beauty of a coat she knew she could never even dream of affording. Having ascertained the exact shop, coat and price, Ms. Lawrence returned from her lunch break wearing that coat, apparently in order to flaunt and emphasize her greater purchasing power and, by inference, her superior status.”

Dream Order Class Break Greater Actresses Singers Superiors Shops Lunch Coats Describing Assistants Inference Purchasing Gertrude Purchasing Power Affording Lunch Break

Author:Sheridan Morley

“Singer Boy Dylan was stopped at his own sow by security guards who failed to recognize the singer. Asked to comment, Dylan replied, 'I can hardly blame them. Look at me.'”

Looks I Can Boys Security Blame Singers Comment Look At Me Dylan Security Guards

Author:Craig Kilborn

“Singer Cilla Black's introduction to homophobic bullying occurred during a visit from Billy, a dear childhood friend. Sharing a room with Ms Black's boyfriend, Billy Returning after having gone out by himself: collapsed by the bed and burst into floods of tears, his face bruised and splattered with blood. ... " I'm Gay," Billy said, "and I've just been beaten up and robbed by a guy who picked me up in a bar and took me back to his place."”

Said Faces Guy Black Rooms Gone Blood Childhood Tears Gay Bed Dear Singers Bars Bullying Flood Beaten Introduction Bruised Homophobic Childhood Friend

Author:Cilla Black

“Singer Phil Collins is an example of the long term health effects that may be seen in people that regularly flew on the supersonic Concord plane at an altitude of 60,000 feet and a speed of mach 2.”

Speed Altitude Singer Concord Phil Collins Supersonic 60000 Feet Long Term Health Effects Mach 2 Regularly Flew

Author:Steven Magee

“Singer-Songwriters are a gift to the world. They create music that speaks to our hearts, our souls, our whole being. Creative geniuses is what they are.”

Quotes Quote Singer Songwriters Stephanie Lahart Stephanie Lahart Quotes Musician Quotes Singer Songwriter Musician Quote

Author:Stephanie Lahart

“Singer/songwriters spend two or three years making an album, and then it goes up for sale and everybody pirates it and you don't make any money. Whereas, writing a film score you still get presented with a paycheck.”

Writing Years Stills Two Film Three Albums Singers Score Three Years Songwriters Pirate Singer Songwriters Paychecks Film Scores

Author:Cliff Martinez

“Singers, actors or artists who touch on sorrow are trying to give comfort to aggrieved souls by giving some meaning to their sorrows.”

Love Life Inspirational Philosophy Wisdom Humor Motivational Truth Romance Success Faith Spirituality Hope Friendship Family Betrayal Loyalty Solidarity Altruism

Author:Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“Singers actually used to begin singing at a much younger age than they do now. I would say for me, I started late. But it's not unusual. I discovered I had a voice. I wanted to be a pianist when I was seven, and circumstances didn't allow that I studied it.”

Age Wanted Used Voice Circumstances Late Singing Seven Singers Unusual Pianist

Author:Dolora Zajick

“Singers always have an advantage. You know, everyone can connect to a song in a way that they cannot do to a basketball act or a magician act or whatever.”

Knows Way Song Basketball Advantage Singers Magician

Author:Piers Morgan

“Singers are experts at keeping things from dripping on their throats. Believe me, they're experts.”

Believe Singers Experts Throat Believe In Me Dripping

Author:Dolora Zajick

“Singers aren't supposed to have dairy before a show, but we all know I'm a rule breaker.”

Knows Shows Singers Cocky Dairy

Author:Justin Bieber

“Singers attract fans with aspects of their own personality. People feel I'm passionate and obsessive. They know this isn't a profession for me, it's a vocation. It's not an egotistical thing, but something else. I'm in a dialogue with my audience, and that's something I need”

People Knows Needs Feels Audience Fans Personality Aspect Passionate Profession Singers Dialogue Vocation Obsessive Egotistical

Author:Steven Morrissey

“Singers can also get away with a lot based on youth, strength and enthusiasm, only to find ten years later that what was once just a niggling problem has brought their careers to an end.”

Years Ends Problem Careers Youth Ten Singers Enthusiasm Get Away

Author:Renee Fleming

Source: The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer

“Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time.”

Ifs Long Lasts Actors Acting Long Time Singers Comes And Goes Good Actors

Author:Elvis Presley

“Singers come and go; the music business waxes and wanes. The blues are popular and unpopular, often at the same time.”

Singers Comes And Goes Music Business

Author:Linda Barnes

Source: Steel Guitar

“Singers like her, Patti, Tina Turner, I revere them when I'm in their presence.”

Singers Like Her Turner

Author:Deborah Cox

“Singers provide all the proof that we have souls.”

Life Heart Soul Song Passion Freedom Living Proof Being Sing Singer Music Exist

Author:J.R. Rim

“Singers, musicians, and songwriters don't want to use the word "acting" because we want it to be more real than that - we want it to come from us: naturally, truly, really.”

Want Real Use Acting Musician Singers Songwriters

Author:Ronee Blakley

“Singers- nothing sounds like you. For better or worse-there is only 1 of you. Don't homogenize your sound by making it just like the next.”

Next Sound Like You Singers

Author:Lalah Hathaway

“Singgahlah sejenak, aku tengah merupa senja. Tertangkap matamu saja sudah cukup, tak perlu kau simpan, kelak aku akan tenggelam.”

Senja Patah Hati Kehilangan Tenggelam Tak Dapat Memiliki

Author:Wira Nagara

Source: Distilasi Alkena

“Singin' in the Rain (1952) and childbirth were the two hardest things I ever had to do in my life.”

Two Rain Hardest Hardest Thing Childbirth Singin In The Rain

Author:Debbie Reynolds

“Singin' in the Rain was most excellent if you like movies where people burst into song and tap-dance. Which I do, though not as much as I like movies where people don't.”

People Ifs Song Rain Excellent Tap Dance Singin In The Rain

Author:E. Lockhart

Source: Ruby Oliver 2: The Boy Book

“Singing 'Blowin' in the Wind' all the places we've been, it takes on a different meaning everywhere. When you sing the line, 'How many years can a people exist, before they're allowed to be free?' in a prison yard for political prisoners in El Salvador; if you have sung it to a group of union organizers, who have all been in jail, in South Korea; if you've sung to Jews in the Soviet Union who have been refused exit visas; if you've sung it with Bishop Tutu protesting apartheid, the song breathes, it lives, it has a contemporary currency.”

“Singing a melody is like a lot of easier and when you sing harmony you have to really kind of know music and listen to the music and be able to hear the notes or whatever.”

Kind Singing Harmony Melody

Author:Kenan Thompson

“Singing a song, playing sports - anything that entertains, that takes people away from their own problems, is good.”

People Problem Song Sports Singing Playing Sports

Author:Stan Lee

“Singing about being rescued will never get old. Never.”

Inspirational Heaven Music

Author:Travis Thrasher

Source: Marvelous

“Singing about your sadness unburdens your soul. But the blues hollers shouted about more than being sad. They were also delivering messages in musical code. If the master was coming, you might sing a hidden warning to the other field hands . . . The blues could warn you what was coming. I could see the blues was about survival.”

Ifs Soul Hands Might Sadness Fields Masters Messages Survival Singing Musical Your Soul Code Warning Delivering Being Sad

Author:B. B. King

“Singing allowed me to express myself in ways that I wouldn't be able to do otherwise.”

Way Able Singing

Author:Josh Turner

“Singing always came naturally but the writing side is something I have always had to work hard at to get from good songs to great songs.”

Writing Hard Song Sides Hard Work Singing

Author:Andrew Ripp

“Singing and acting are very similar. Singing makes you reach into your deepest feelings. Singing is an extension of everything that you do when you're acting.”

Feelings Acting Singing Extensions Deepest Feelings Singing And Acting

Author:Meryl Streep

“Singing and acting suit me. I made a vow to myself, to do everything that I can do with this life that I have, and I have to find the time to do this. Sometimes I need to be an actress. Sometimes I don't need to be Jill.”

Needs Made I Can Sometimes Can Do Acting Singing Actresses Suits This Life Vow Singing And Acting

Author:Jill Scott

“Singing and being truthful to a song... I've developed that skill, and I know how to do that real instinctively, that's all I've been doing for the last 25 years.”

Knows Years Real Lasts Song Know How Skills Singing Truthful Being Truthful Last Song

Author:Taylor Dane

“Singing and dancing alone will not advance one in the world. [Fr., Qui bien chante et bien danse fait un metier qui peu avance.]”

World Success Singing Dancing Singing And Dancing

Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“Singing and entertainment are now my first priority.”

Firsts Singing Entertainment Priorities

Author:William Hung

“Singing as a full-time job was not something I had given a lot of thought to and I had no clear notion of the money to be made in it.”

Made Jobs Given Clear Singing Notion Full Time Jobs

Author:Charley Pride

Source: Pride: the Charley Pride story

“Singing at the Opening Ceremonies of the Sydney Olympics in 2000 was amazing and, probably the highlight of this decade is the opening of the Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre in my hometown of Melbourne, Australia.”

Singing Cancer Decades Opening Wellness Australia Olympics Centre Ceremony Newton Hometown Highlights Sydney Melbourne Olivia Opening Ceremony Olivia Newton John

Author:Olivia Newton-John

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