Klaus Schwab Quotes
In Switzerland, we have a centuries-old tradition of living together in one confederation and one society. That holds us back from excesses. We are a civilized and enlightened community and, by practising multicultural tolerance, we manage to stop extreme developments from going too far.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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I've had Irish skin from the time I was a young girl.
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I started working out, eating a good diet, and just did everything I could that I thought would benefit me. I also started studying a lot harder in school. It matured me a remarkable amount and made me completely focused.
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I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that I was a songwriter, that I spent years trying to hone my craft and being rejected and then finally becoming a successful songwriter, record executive and publisher.
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I accidentally entered a youth pageant when I was 14. That's like a beauty pageant, but without the beauty. It was terrible.
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I love speaking at schools. That's always my favorite because I wish I'd had someone who was like me come speak at my school.
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There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.
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A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
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Revenge doesn't stop.
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As long as you understand that you find happiness through family, friends and love, then money is just a nice bonus.
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Most people think of cinematographers as choosing subjects of an epic nature to show off what they do - big, sweeping images of war or pageantry.
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I connect with kids easily. They bring out the maternal side in me.
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Men are born privileged in the scale of things - I'm generalizing, but it's true. Women have to define themselves in the eyes of men. They have to fight for their rights, especially in a society that will pretend that there is no fight or no battle, that it's a cliche, that feminists are reactionary, all these things.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy when they're complaining.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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It is far more difficult to be simple than to be complicated; far more difficult to sacrifice skill and easy execution in the proper place, than to expand both indiscriminately.
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I write a lot of songs about my impressions from a man's point of view.
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This is about these particular candidates in this particular year. That's what motivates me.
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I'm not scared of dying, I just don't want to.If I stop lying, I'll just disappoint you.
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The normal 21-year-old doesn't have to worry about their night out being put on TMZ.
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In Switzerland, we have a centuries-old tradition of living together in one confederation and one society. That holds us back from excesses. We are a civilized and enlightened community and, by practising multicultural tolerance, we manage to stop extreme developments from going too far.
