Donald Tusk Quotes
We want to understand democracy as an endless discussion, or a constant debate when we choose a path. (...) But when the consensus comes, (...) we work as one body.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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What we ask of the developed countries is to let the Third World find a third way.
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My mother is the sort of woman who not only can raise a chicken and roast it to moist perfection but, as she proved to my openmouthed sister and me on a family holiday to Morocco when we were very young, can barter for one in a market, kill it, pluck it, and then cook it to perfection.
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To this day, I've never figured out a single locked-room mystery.
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I did Our Daily Bread for King and that made me popular in the Soviet Union; King was amused by that.
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I would love to do a film with a lot of humor in it: a comedy with pain instead of a painful film with some comedy.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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'Coexist' was tough to make.
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I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades.
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Understanding where to be in your own zone really takes some time and development to learn.
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I think there's a fear of difference in American cinema.
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The grass is always greener on the other side - until you get there and see it's AstroTurf. Symbols are never reality. Someone might have amassed material success and fame, but that doesn't mean they're happy. So, don't go judging a person's life by the cover.
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I believe in 'soulmates,' especially growing up and seeing how much my parents loved each other. They always said that they had been married in past lives, too.
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I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.
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The 'Hercules' role just kind of came to me, but I had a lot of fun trying something new.
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Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.
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You can collect all the plastic bottle caps you want as long as you give me the money so we can get off this death trap, find somewhere else and have tremendous fun screwing that up as well.
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When I became director of CIA, it was just clear to me intuitively, without a whole lot of science behind it, that we had expanded rapidly and inefficiently. So I arbitrarily picked a number, 10 percent, and I said over the next 12 months, we are going to reduce our reliance on contractors by 10 percent.
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Like Theresa May, I regularly find myself infuriated by the rantings of Anjem Choudary and other hate preachers.
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I start the day with the intention of doing 4,000 sit-ups but then have to work.
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If I changed my name, everyone would have just known that I changed my name. If I had been anonymous, it would have felt pretentious. It would seem like I'm trying to dodge something. I love my family and have such respect for their work, for their career and talents, and I'm very proud to be connected with them.
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I have still not decided who will start yet. We will have a look at how players react in training tomorrow and then I'll have a better idea.
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Great is wisdom; infinite is the value of wisdom. It cannot be exaggerated; it is the highest achievement of man.
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We want to understand democracy as an endless discussion, or a constant debate when we choose a path. (...) But when the consensus comes, (...) we work as one body.
