Mario Monti Quotes
I don't believe we're seeing the beginning of a divergence. We have seen a partial divergence on this case.
Quotes to Explore
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It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.
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For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.
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Plus, I am paranoid by nature. I need to be in control.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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I just know you can not be on top forever. There's always going to be the next guy, and if I'm going to go down, I'd like to know I helped the next guy take my spot. You can't prevent the inevitable, but you can join the ship.
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Nowhere in the Bible did anyone bring back anyone's past sins and throw them in their face.
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As soon as you get over caring what people think, you can have a nice time.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
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Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
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Your initial idea may or may not work, but you have to remember that a failed idea is nothing but a stepping stone to a bigger success.
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I was a horrible athlete.
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There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.
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What I love about L.A. and Washington, D.C. is that they're almost the opposite of each other. L.A. is a very creative space while D.C. is a very cerebral space. So, they're the ying and the yang in my world. I like them both for their own reasons.
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I would say our sound is soul pop.
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Winning the Stanley Cup in '99 was a dream come true. I'll never forget it.
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During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
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There is a whole industry in America of people who want to write, and those who teach it. Even if the students don't end up writing, what's good about them taking the courses is, they become great readers, learning to appreciate the writing.
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In 1688, Edward Lloyd opened a coffeehouse on London's seafront popular among underwriters, men in powdered wigs with mathematical minds and steely constitutions who offered to compensate owners if their boats were lost at sea.
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Lycurgus being asked why he, who in other respects appeared to be so zealous for the equal rights of men, did not make his government democratical rather than oligarchical, "Go you," replied the legislator, "and try a democracy in your own house.
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I believe in things I can count on, like beer and ESPN and my grandmother's pecan pie.
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It is necessary to have regard to the person whom we wish to persuade, of whom we must know the mind and the heart, what principles he acknowledges, what things he loves; and then observe in the thing in question what affinity it has with the acknowledged principles, or with the objects so delightful by the pleasure which they give him.
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Women who want to work should be given the choice to do that. If you decide to work even after getting married, then men should allow that to happen.
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I don't believe we're seeing the beginning of a divergence. We have seen a partial divergence on this case.
