Jacques Delors Quotes
The problem with a purely collective system is not only that it requires economic growth, and the right sort of demographic trends, but that it prevents people thinking about their futures in a responsible way.
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I think it's flattering when people say I'm a role model, but I don't think I am. It depends on your outlook on the word 'role model.' I'm not perfect or anything. I just consider it a great compliment.
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
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Mostly people are ignorant, what is the language of painting. You know, they're ignorant. It is so difficult to make them aware, but time will teach them.
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The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.
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I want to entertain people, but with some substance.
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Like brown rice, black rice is unmilled, and it is the dark outer husk that makes it so nutty and chewy. It's also why it takes longer to cook than many other rices.
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I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.
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I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.
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You should only have so many accessories. You have to make sure you have the right ones at the right time.
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I have always lived an ordinary life, and always will. It's who and what has to do with my job that makes it 'unordinary.' I cook, go to the supermarket, pick my children up at school.
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I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.
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A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came over the plains were from Pike County, Missouri; but as the phrase, 'a Pike County man,' was altogether too long for this short life of ours, it was soon abbreviated into 'a Pike.'
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For me, clean fuels translates into cleaner air for Oregonians. I think that's a good thing.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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Smoke machines are the best!
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It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
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You have to respect your audience. Without them, you're essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.
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I needed to purge myself of all the attention my parents had given me – I wasn't neglected enough as a child.
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And the fact that I see so many films really seems to amaze certain people.
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People hate negative tactics, but the fact is, as the 3 a.m. ad demonstrates, they can be very effective.
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To succeed in life, succeed at being yourself.
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I betrayed Gutenberg for McLuhan long ago.
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The problem with a purely collective system is not only that it requires economic growth, and the right sort of demographic trends, but that it prevents people thinking about their futures in a responsible way.
