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Thomas Friedman's 'The World is Flat' sold more copies in India than in the U.K. The market for go-getting business books or wonkish tomes by corporate moguls posing as philosopher kings has grown dramatically in modernising China and India.
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It takes a great man to be a good listener.
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Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.
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My childhood began, as everybody's childhood begins, with prejudices. Man finds prejudices beside his cradle, puts them from him a little in the course of his career, and often, alas! takes to them again in his old age.
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My mom is incredibly stylish, and she gets it from my grandmother. I feel like I can't live up to how chic they are as women. They are great role models for aging gracefully, and that's a thing that is very key that I try to always emulate.
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Raising ambition in 2014 is crucial for arriving at a meaningful climate agreement in 2015.
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Knowledge is sometimes superfluous: when we need it, we have it not.
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In my job I meet many outstanding, world class, British based companies. But we need more companies and more jobs in the companies we have.
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I love dressing up.
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I'm just a normal young lad who plays football.
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In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.
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There is such a polarized discussion of economics among people like analysts, columnists, bloggers; often, they end up just saying that views other than their own should not even be discussed. I find that frustrating. There is no intellectual progress without considering lots and lots of different views.
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I think sometimes good sentimentality is fun when it's balanced.
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I've always been able to just concoct a melody quite easily - it's just kind of instinct, really. You've got to channel your subconscious.
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If the culture shifts, if people think differently about women, the art will shift, too. You can't ask art to make social change. It's not what it's for.
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I think Stalin was afraid of Roosevelt. Whenever Roosevelt spoke, he sort of watched him with a certain awe. He was afraid of Roosevelt's influence in the world.
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Healthcare is the only civil system where new technology makes prices go up instead of down.
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I want to win championships.
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I don't mean to be arrogant, but if we're executing our skills there's not a side that can get close to us.
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I'm not the best fly fisherman, but I can fly-fish, because I crack a whip. I learned to crack a whip as a boy... I have skills, mad skills.
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Lo pianto stesso lì pianger non lascia,e 'l duol che truova in su li occhi rintoppo,si volge in entro a far crescer l'ambascia.
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I think I owe it to myself to put my best effort forward and prove how good I can be.
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I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
