Christine Lagarde Quotes
Gender-dominated environments are not good... particularly in the financial sector where there are too few women. In gender-dominated environments, men have a tendency to... show how hairy chested they are, compared with the man who's sitting next to them. I honestly think that there should never be too much testosterone in one room.
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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
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You can have the greatest player in terms of mastering an instrument and you could be yawning your head off when you hear them. So, it's not what you do, but the way you're doing it and in the end that's all that we have.
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Helping out in your kid's classroom is a great way to get involved with your child's school.
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Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
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I'm not going to lie; the most fun of writing these books is just saying, 'Where am I going to write about? Let me go there!'
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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I remember being a teenager and seeing Seymour Cassel across a crowded room and being incredibly star struck, and not having the courage to say, 'Hello.'
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I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.
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Allowing adult children who live at home who are in between jobs to stay on their parents' health care, I think that's a lot of Republican support for that, with or without Obamacare.
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Jealousy... is a mental cancer.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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Beijing was a huge slap in the face, and it forced me to look at myself. I have to realise that this is my life.
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I do not know You, God, because I am in the way. Please help me to push myself aside.
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Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.
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Last but not least among serial killer methodologies, we have women who kill their own children.
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I think newspapers will survive in some form or another.
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The best part of one's life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succeed... However, the real spiritual and emotional excitement is in the doing.
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The Constitution is a radical document... it is the job of the government to rein in people's rights.
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One of the things that may appeal to teenagers is that vampires never change - they're frozen in that age.
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I am a person who has to move. I'm like a shark - if it doesn't move, it dies. I'm in good shape.
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I believe it is universally understood and acknowledged that all men will ever act correctly, unless they have a motive to do otherwise.
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Gender-dominated environments are not good... particularly in the financial sector where there are too few women. In gender-dominated environments, men have a tendency to... show how hairy chested they are, compared with the man who's sitting next to them. I honestly think that there should never be too much testosterone in one room.
