Philippe Perrin Quotes
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The irony is that Washington was, in reality, very much like Benedict Arnold. The big difference was that Washington was ultimately able to control his emotions, something Arnold never learned to do.
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I always managed to get in trouble, like every kid. But I had to learn a lot of hard lessons on my own, without parents who would nurture me and guard me through that part of life, at a very young age.
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I don't set out to win awards. I don't think any musician does, but when you receive an award, it's an affirmation: it means that people appreciate what you do. Every award I have received is a confirmation of something I have done, and that motivates me to push a little harder.
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Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
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Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever.
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I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter.
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I believe that I have been basically anarchistic, anti-religion and anti-industry and business. In other words, anti-bureaucracy. I would like to see people behave well without having to have priests stand by, politicians stand by, or people collecting bills.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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For me, let's keep jazz as folk music. Let's not make jazz classical music. Let's keep it as street music, as people's everyday-life music. Let's see jazz musicians continue to use the materials, the tools, the spirit of the actual time that they're living in, as what they build their lives as musicians around.
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I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
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I'm not always angry. In fact, I think I usually go out of my way to try to find roles that don't seem to be like me.
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I remember looking back on a photo of me... wearing a suit that was, like, two sizes too big for me. I think a lot of guys don't know what fits.
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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Let me just tell you how thrilling it really is, and how, what a challenge it is, because in 1988 the question is whether we're going forward to tomorrow or whether we're going to go past to the - to the back!
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I love sportswear in my own weird way. Fashion is such a personal journey for me. I'm much more of a girl that's a T-shirt, legging, layering kind of thing, and outerwear.
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I never dreamed that shooting a film would be so hard. There was less regulation then of child actors' hours. Even the concept of acting confused me.
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I love a vintage look that's also a bit rock n' roll.
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It's well worth making your own harissa, but there are some very good commercial varieties.
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I love braids and just generally playing around with different hairstyles, especially for festivals and photoshoots.
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Whereas you have someone like Houdini, who works really, really hard to get really, really famous, and then has actual intellectual ideas that he puts into the culture that stay there.
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Once people start introducing animal products into their diet, that's when the mischief starts.
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I can't apply $3 billion in capital to the tech industry. It wouldn't work. But in infrastructure, education, I can make a real difference. I can change someone's life, for the better, permanently. If I can improve a kid's education, I can increase their salary later on and for decades.
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I don't think everything is going to get peachy ever. But I think we have to fight for what we believe in.
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This mission was the project of a decade's work.
