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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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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Runners exalt the marathon as a public test of private will, when months or years of solitary training, early mornings, lost weekends, rain and pain mature into triumph or surrender. That's one reason the race-day crowds matter, the friends who come to cheer and stomp and flap their signs and push the runners on.
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I started with paragliding. Paragliding is taking off from mountains with a paraglider, with the possibility to fly cross-country, distance, just with the use of thermals to soar. Also, different aerobatic maneuvers are possible with a paraglider. From there, I started with skydiving.
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Ours was the first society openly to define itself in terms of both spirituality and of human liberty. It is that unique self-definition which has given us an exceptional appeal, but it also imposes on us a special obligation, to take on those moral duties which, when assumed, seem invariably to be in our own best interests.
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I do not believe that the Social Security system is in crisis. The Social Security Administration itself recently reported that the system is able to pay full benefits as they are defined today until at least 2042.
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I've tried to approach environmentalism the same way I do my climbing: by setting small, concrete goals that build on each other.
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In 'Divergent,' the story is about Beatrice Prior, and I play her brother.
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Advice is priceless: when it becomes interference it is preposterous.
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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.
