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I want to spread the message in the U.S. that there are good philanthropists in China, and not all are crazy spenders on luxury goods.

- Chen Guangbiao

Want, Message, Goods, Philanthropists

I want to tell mayors, county chiefs and heads of big companies: don't just chase GDP growth; don't chase the biggest profits at the expense of our children and grandchildren and at the cost of sacrificing our ecological environment.

- Chen Guangbiao

Big, Tell, County, Mayors

If my wisdom could get support from officials, I think society would move forward 20 years.

- Chen Guangbiao

Think, I Think, Move, Move Forward

Many rich people in China made their fortunes by damaging natural resources and building corrupt relations with the government.

- Chen Guangbiao

Natural, Corrupt, Made, Fortunes

If you put a brick on my head and break it, I will be fine.

- Chen Guangbiao

Will, Head, Break, Brick

One summer vacation, I carried water to the town market to sell it, and I used some of the money I made to help a neighbour.

- Chen Guangbiao

Some, Town, Carried, Vacation

My goal is to work diligently to become the top philanthropist in the world.

- Chen Guangbiao

Goal, World, Top, Philanthropist

It's hard to be a good philanthropist in China.

- Chen Guangbiao

Good, China, Hard, Philanthropist

My younger brother runs a guesthouse, and my sister is a janitor. I have not given them money because they earn their own money. I pay for their children's school fees.

- Chen Guangbiao

Younger, Fees, Given, Runs

I want Chinese history to remember me as Carnegie is remembered. I want Chinese people to remember me as they remember Marx and Lenin.

- Chen Guangbiao

Want, Chinese People, Marx, Carnegie

I have been doing good deeds since I was just a small child.

- Chen Guangbiao

Small, Doing, Been, Doing Good

Starting my business has been very hard work. I have received no help from any officials at all.

- Chen Guangbiao

Business, Been, Very, Officials

I was not born into a rich family or a family of government officials.

- Chen Guangbiao

Government, Born, Rich, Officials

I'm a rich man, but I don't want to be a miser.

- Chen Guangbiao

Man, Want, Rich, Miser

I intend to buy 'The New York Times.' Please don't take it as a joke.

- Chen Guangbiao

New, Take, Times, New York Times

The tradition and style of the 'New York Times' make it very difficult to have objective coverage of China. If we could purchase it, its tone might turn around.

- Chen Guangbiao

New, Very, Coverage, New York Times

My plan for 'The New York Times,' if I get the deal, will be putting the paper on every newsstand across the country and making 'The Times' accessible to every Chinese household. China is such a big market and is too big to miss.

- Chen Guangbiao

Big, Country, Accessible, New York Times

My individual power is limited. I want to use my high-profile way to wake people up to take action together to do good things. I can only awake them with my performance art and creativity.

- Chen Guangbiao

Awake, Use, High-Profile, Good Things

When I was young, I liked to be acknowledged in class by little gestures such as a small red star for doing something good. Now that I'm older, I still want to be acknowledged for good work.

- Chen Guangbiao

Small, Doing, Still, Something Good

I like to get my hands dirty. Talk is cheap.

- Chen Guangbiao

Hands, Dirty, Like, Talk Is Cheap

Society needs hundreds of hundreds of thousands of Chen Guangbiaos.

- Chen Guangbiao

Society, Needs, Hundreds, Hundreds Of Thousands

I may be a maverick, but it doesn't mean I like playing tricks.

- Chen Guangbiao

Mean, Like, May, Tricks

When I was eight years old, I was always starving. My brother and sister died from starvation.

- Chen Guangbiao

Brother And Sister, Always, Starvation

Chinese people like to do things with a low profile; they do not like to expose their wealth.

- Chen Guangbiao

Wealth, Like, Chinese People, Profile

When I was 4 years old, my brother and sister died of hunger, so I achieved my success through confidence, self-motivation and my hard work.

- Chen Guangbiao

Work, Old, Through, Sister

Although there are people saying I'm putting on a show, I'm hoping more will emulate my 'performance.' If more people did, more needy people would get help.

- Chen Guangbiao

Will, More People, Putting, Emulate

The world needs a person like me so that many other rich people will be able to follow my role model. If they do, many poor people will be helped.

- Chen Guangbiao

Other, Role, Needs, Rich People

I have to be grateful to our society here in China, grateful to the economic reforms for letting me get rich, and grateful for the efforts of my staff. If there had been no reforms, I would have been a farmer.

- Chen Guangbiao

Grateful, Here, Been, Reforms

If you have a river, then you should share it with everyone.

- Chen Guangbiao

Everyone, Share, Should, River

If you have only a glass of water, then one person can drink. If you have a bucket, a whole family can benefit.

- Chen Guangbiao

Glass, Whole, Then, Bucket

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