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I'm not terribly technological. I'm awfully backward about iPads and BlackBerries and suchlike; I still have a great fondness for Teletext, and I clung onto my fax machine for as long as I could, but eventually you have to move with the times.

~David Tang

Topics: About Backward Could Eventually Fax Fondness Great Ipads Long Machine Move Onto Still Technological Terribly Times You

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The beauty of the Internet is that there's no space limit.

~David Tang

Topics: Beauty Internet Limit Space

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Chairman Mao not only introduced Pinyin in China, but also simplified half the Chinese characters, believing that fewer strokes would enable more people to learn to write the characters.

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Topics: Also Believing Chairman Chairman Mao Characters China Chinese Enable Fewer Half Introduced Learn Mao More More People Only People Strokes Would Write

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Cantonese, which has up to nine tones as opposed to the five in Mandarin, is much more versatile and one of the richest dialects in Chinese.

~David Tang

Topics: Chinese Dialects Five More Much Nine Opposed Richest Tones Up Versatile Which

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Stephen Fry is a master exponent of the English tongue. Some people might think that he is the most irritating man in Britain, but my wife and I love him all the same.

~David Tang

Topics: Britain English Fry He Him Irritating Love Man Master Might Most People Same Some Some People Think Tongue Wife I Love

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I'm extraordinarily lucky to have so many friends across such a diverse group of people. One day I'll be at Oxford, the next at some complete idiot's lunch.

~David Tang

Topics: Across Complete Day Diverse Extraordinarily Friends Group Idiot Lucky Lunch Many Next One Day Oxford People Some

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The crux of the matter was... the partnership between Richemont and myself was going sour for personal reasons, and you know, you can't have two people arguing all the time, so it was either my buying him out or him buying me out.

~David Tang

Topics: Arguing Between Buying Either Going Him Know Matter Me Myself Out Partnership People Personal Reasons Sour Time Two Two People You

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There is no point mucking around and saying we are just going to have one or two shops and that's it... we are going to reach, you know, 40 shops around the world. I want 150 shops in China.

~David Tang

Topics: Around China Going Just Know No Point One Or Two Point Reach Saying Shops Two Want World You

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I didn't like law. Every client had a problem, and I didn't want to listen to people's problems; I had enough of my own.

~David Tang

Topics: Client Enough Every Had Had Enough Law Like Listen My Own Own People Problem Problems Want

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Entrepreneurs should never work with big corporations.

~David Tang

Topics: Big Corporations Entrepreneurs Never Should Work

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Biography

Nationality: Chinese

Type: Businessman

Born: August 2nd, 1954

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