My teacher, my great cello teacher Leonard Rose, was such a great cellist, and nurturing man, very patient. But I grew up not only admiring him, but obviously Casals, Rostrotovich, Jacqueline du Pre, and many others, including many of my peers and contemporaries.


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I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal peop...
JACK MA
We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, ...
JACK MA
I try to make myself happy, no, because I know that if I'm not happy, my colleagues are not happ...
JACK MA
Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyone's individual body will you begin to have a...
MA JIAN
My job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure mo...
JACK MA
Spending money is much more difficult than making money.
JACK MA
The very important thing you should have is patience.
JACK MA
The world needs new leadership, but the new leadership is about working together.
JACK MA
Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds...
JACK MA
Even the government understands that the environmental challenge is so big that no single agency can...
MA JUN
Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.
JACK MA
When I am myself, I am happy and have a good result.
JACK MA
As a company, we have to be very transparent. We are in a business very related to finance, and I wa...
JACK MA
People realised this is real pollution; it is not fog. Now everyone has to face the data and come ou...
MA JUN
We firmly believe the environmental issues cannot be addressed without extensive public participatio...
MA JUN
Trust the young people; trust this generation's innovation. They're making things, changing ...
JACK MA
Chinese people, young people, they don't go shopping a lot in department stores. All department ...
JACK MA
I think I'm the greatest chick in the game, and I expect all the others to feel the same way. If...
REMY MA
The more I come to know about the outside world's perception of China, the more I feel there are...
JACK MA
I'll talk all this craziness in my music, but when I have your attention, and you're listeni...
REMY MA
Beijing was such a different city. There were so few cars, I could walk in the middle of the road. I...
MA JUN
Environmental agencies in China are hamstrung by local officials who put economic growth ahead of en...
MA JUN
When I was little, I wanted to be an astronomer, but that didn't happen.
MA HUATENG
Glory is attained from hard work, step by step.
MA LONG
I didn't have any look or any style in prison. Your footwear couldn't cost more than $50. Yo...
REMY MA
In the future, officials will feel more pressure to protect the environment. But how to assess the o...
MA JUN
Asia is changing, and China is changing. The 'Post' will have great opportunities. With its ...
JACK MA
The Chinese people have been forced to forget the Tiananmen massacre. There has been no public debat...
MA JIAN
My dream was to set up my own e-commerce company. In 1999, I gathered 18 people in my apartment and ...
JACK MA
I don't think I'm a workaholic. Every weekend, I invite my colleagues and friends to my home...
JACK MA
There's an examination for young people to go to university. I failed it three times. I failed a...
JACK MA
It is vitally important for me, both personally and for my writing, to be able to return to China fr...
MA JIAN
I'm coming to this world not to work. I want to come to this world to enjoy my life. I don't...
JACK MA
When we first started our internet company, 'China Pages', in 1995, and we were just making ...
JACK MA
There are big problems that change the world. If we are working together, that will make us understa...
JACK MA
What a publication can do is to help people get a clearer picture without jumping to any rash conclu...
JACK MA