Mario Draghi Quotes
... 'the Continent's traditional social contract' - perhaps its major contribution to contemporary civilization - 'is obsolete' and must be dismantled.
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I like to work on T.V. because it's like a normal thing, and then I like to do movies when I'm on break or hiatus.
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Whenever I see the news, it's always the same depressing things.
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In 1995, the Clinton Administration reached an agreement with Cuban government that any refugee caught at sea would be sent back to Cuba while any refugee who reaches the United States shores would be allowed to begin the process to citizenship after one year.
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Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete.
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Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
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If you are not living this moment, you are not really living.
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It's about these people who are inextricably together for whatever reasons, and they happen to be in the spy world. It's about relationships, and the bottom line is, that's why you care.
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In establishing democracy, we have to be sensitive to the regional and national context. Democracy also means to guarantee the rights of the minorities. That's my job as a king. We have for example a Jewish ambassador in the US and a Christian in the UK.
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When I was very young I knew that I wanted to be in show business. I knew that I wanted to be an entertainer.
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I'm an emotional guy.
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To me, being worth it means being independent and carving your own path. The L'Oreal woman is worth it because she wants to be.
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I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
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My favourite flowers are English country roses - I had a bouquet of them for my wedding.
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A star may guarantee business, but the tradeoff is a very short run.
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Tea-shops were to become my favourite haunts in England.
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I didn't get a phone call from Bill Clinton before I jumped in the race ... maybe it's because I hadn't given money to the foundation or donated to his wife's senate race.
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Actually, when I fought in PRIDE, we had the best fighters in the world. Back then, the UFC had a very serious and big crisis; they were going through some tough times trying to get top fighters. All the best fighters were in PRIDE.
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From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.
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I always followed my own path.
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Blotting pads are great in case you get sweaty or oily. But don't rub. It's a slow, methodical blot: set the pad on your skin and let it absorb, then move it to the next location.
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It sounds ghoulish, but it would have been fascinating to be in Paris in 1789 and watch the revolution begin. I can't even imagine what the energy must have been like that year with all of that change crackling in the air.
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Memory belongs to the imagination. Human memory is not like a computer which records things; it is part of the imaginative process, on the same terms as invention.
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When we start designing something, we sketch out ideas with a big, thick Sharpie marker, instead of a ball-point pen. Why? Pen points are too fine. They’re too high-resolution. They encourage you to worry about things that you shouldn’t worry about yet, like perfecting the shading or whether to use a dotted or dashed line. You end up focusing on things that should still be out of focus. A Sharpie makes it impossible to drill down that deep. You can only draw shapes, lines, and boxes. That’s good. The big picture is all you should be worrying about in the beginning.
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... 'the Continent's traditional social contract' - perhaps its major contribution to contemporary civilization - 'is obsolete' and must be dismantled.
