Jacques Delors Quotes
Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment contracts have less protection than in the past.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.
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I don't really write jokes down. I tend to have a premise that I work out and test on stage.
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A 2014 survey found that 74% of law-enforcement agencies reported antigovernment extremism as one of the top terrorist threats. Just 3% of those agencies viewed the threat from Muslim extremists as severe.
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To get an Army that's already fighting a war to change in stride to a total different military strategy on the ground - and to get everybody on the same page - was accomplished by the sheer force of Dave Petraeus' will.
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Leaders cannot work in a vacuum. They may take on larger, seemingly more important roles in an organization, but this does not exclude them from asking for and using feedback. In fact, a leader arguably needs feedback more so than anyone else. It's what helps a leader respond appropriately to events in pursuit of successful outcomes.
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What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men.
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Once a food becomes off-limits, then it takes on this whole other personality. 'Forbidden' is more tempting. And it becomes something evil, but food is food. It's there to nourish your body.
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'Dancing with the Stars' is awesome.
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I love the fact that everyone's trying to be good-looking in L.A. - then I turn up and I get work.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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I don't know if I have a brand. I just see myself as an athlete and a competitor, someone who just works really hard at trying to get better at golf. I guess I'm kind of the feel-good story who's seen every level of professional golf.
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When you're given a newspaper column, you're not being paid to sit on a fence and scratch your chin and say 'On the one hand this' and 'On the other hand that.' You're getting paid for your opinion.
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I had a dream cast when Dan first went off and wrote 'Ghostbusters 3' by himself. It was so long ago that my dream cast was Ben Stiller, Chris Farley, and Chris Rock. That would have been cool. Now, a lot of time has passed, and there are a lot of young funny people.
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I love boliche, roasted pig, and black beans and rice. When I need a quick fix, I head to Cafe Cortadito on Avenue B and 3rd here in New York City.
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Let's have some new cliches.
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The Fourth of July should be celebrated with big hearts.
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Plums are a good substitute for gooseberries.
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We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
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There are many foolish people in the world and when a man in a rather high position puts on no frills, slaps them on the back, and tells them he'll do anything in the world for them, they are very likely to think him clever.
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Through imagination, we can visit the past, contemplate the present, and anticipate the future. We can also do something else of profound and unique significance. We can create.
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If you grow up in a very strong religion like Catholicism you certainly cultivate in yourself a certain taste for the intensity of ideas.
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Even in Britain, the trade unions tell me that employment contracts have less protection than in the past.
