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“In 2001, we went to raise some $3 million in venture capital in the U.S. and got rejected. So we’ve come back and raised a little bit more: $25 billion. This is not money; this is trust from the world, trust from the people.”

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“The problem is the fake products today are of better quality and better price than the real names ... They are exactly the same factories, exactly the same raw materials but they do not use the names.”

“When you have one billion dollars, that's not your money. That's the trust the society gives you.”

“I think that you, american people, worry too much about the China economy, Every time you start to worry about the China economy, China goes better.”

“You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die.”

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"First, the party’s leadership over all tasks must be adhered to, and the party’s leadership must be incessantly strengthened and improved."

— Xi Jinping

Politics1953

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"Armies usually aren't interested in wars. They like preparation for war. But they have an understandable reluctance to fight a war. So I think if you look at, at least the history that I know, it's us…"

— Noam Chomsky

Philosophy1928

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"Widespread intellectual and moral docility may be convenient for leaders in the short term, but it is suicidal for nations in the long term. One of the criteria for national leadership should therefor…"

— Carl Sagan

Science1934–1996

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"Yet we know what we must do. It is to achieve true justice among our fellow citizens. The question is not what programs we should seek to enact. The question is whether we can find in our own midst an…"

— Robert F. Kennedy

Politics1925–1968

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