I began to look at all events and all things as relevant, an opportunity to take or avoid.
When you lose your face..., it is like dropping your necklace down a well. The only way you can get it back is to fall in after it.
Words are more ardent if a man must struggle to find them.
Your only shame is to have shame.
All objects exist in a moment of time.
Shanghainese people are good negotiators, they're very persistent, and you grow up in an atmosphere like that - very competitive. That becomes part of your personality, Shanghai personality becomes part of yours.