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“I watch down, what a bewildering and yet beautiful sprawling wasteland this place, expanding on fake islands, defying the laws of nature and dancing with a future devil, one that might just swallow all the islands whole!”

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Book:2017: Our Summer of Reunions: Braai Seasons with Howl Gang (Howl Gang Legend)

Source: 2017: Our Summer of Reunions: Braai Seasons with Howl Gang (Howl Gang Legend)

“Many, many others have promised to others what you are promising now to me. None has ever kept his word. This is a city of broken promises. I know it. I was born here. It may be that you will try to keep your promise. If it still pleases you to keep me here, I am sure you will. But this you must know. Though I might dearly love to, I would be a fool if I believed you. In Macao, we know this, that when the time comes it is always otherwise. Whatever words may have been said, whatever promises made, when an Englishman goes, it is alone.”

Promise Promises Macau Macao

Book:City of Broken Promises

Source: City of Broken Promises

“You come from another world. You descend like a god out of the sky. You reside and move about like a god--remote, aloof, with the other gods, your friends. What do you know of us who were born here and must live here? Who are you to say what is frightening to us? It is not the gods we are afraid of. It is our own people, whom none of you know.”

Book:City of Broken Promises

Source: City of Broken Promises

“I cook the food of Macau, my roots and soul food.”

Soul Roots Cooks Food For The Soul Macau

Author:China Machado

“Hong Kong and Macau are both very dynamic cities. I am always inspired about the culture, people and food in these two cities. There is always so much to do and so much to explore!”

People Two Culture Cities Inspired Hong Kong Macau

Author:David Beckham

“My worst flight was flying between Macau and Osaka in 2007. The turbulence was so bad that the cabin crew were assuming their crash positions. I had more than a bit of a sweat on.”

Bits Worst Position Assuming Flying Flight Sweat Crash Crew Cabins Turbulence Osaka Macau

Author:Greg Rutherford

“Macau is democratic and free enough.. it's prosperous enough. Why do people need to do this?.”

People Needs Enough Democratic Chinese Prosperous Macau

Author:Stanley Ho

“The Macau casinos have a wonderful business, it's taking in money from Chinese businessmen elsewhere who send it through junky companies to casinos to gamble. The growth continues and they have basically western managers and western accounting, so we trust the numbers a little bit more.”

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Author:James Chanos

“Because I became a refugee in Macau during 1941, we had this war in Hong Kong, I fought for the government as an air raid warden for 15 days. Our government surrendered, Hong Kong Government surrendered, so I took a junk and came to Macau in 16 hours and I was a refugee, so that's why I was so much indebted to Macau.”

War Government Hours Air Refugee Junk Hong Kong Indebted Wardens Macau

Author:Stanley Ho

“The success of one market model cannot be migrated to another. Ignoring Macau's special characteristics and duplicating a Las Vegas or an Atlantic City would not be a successful strategy.”

Cities Successful Special Models Strategy Characteristics Vegas Las Vegas Atlantic City Macau

Author:Stanley Ho

“We have never heard of laundering in Macau; money laundering is unheard of. Mind you, my casino, every bit of money - someone says Stanley Ho, you issue me a check of so much money - we don't give that easy.”

Giving Mind Easy Bits Issues Heard Checks Stanley Unheard Casinos Money Laundering Macau

Author:Stanley Ho