Frans van Houten Quotes
When I became CEO, I was really worried that we were in commoditized segments that were mature and no longer growing. So we made a radical pivot into health technology because that is one of the world's unmet needs.
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Actors are always the last to see what they have created.
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I didn't think much about batting average when I was playing.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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The simpler I keep things, the better I play.
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The lives of African-Americans in this country are characterized by violence for most of our history. Much of that violence, at least to some extent, you know, done by the very state that's supposed to protect them.
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It is not important what Rahul Gandhi thinks, its important what a billion Indians think.
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Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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It's brutal out on the football field.
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The gamble of literature is that I make the best work I can; the most truthful, the most representative of how I see things. I try and do that, and then I put it out there and say to you, 'What do you think?' I hope that you think well of it, obviously.
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It's all about risk-taking when you're making an album. Don't be scared to do weird things sometimes.
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I don't think you'll ever be happy about anything unless you've done it.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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My party is committed to a federation.
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The wheelchair and the prosthesis give me a soapbox to stand on. If it helps me get my message across, I'm glad; then we need to talk about what we need to do for this country.
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The lyrics aren't simple, either. They're extremely difficult because I'm trying to say complicated things in as few words as possible.
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I'm a better actor now than I ever was, I wish I could have hurried that up, but there's no way. Anyway, I always wanted to be around for a long time. Like a European actor, I hope I live a long time and that I'm acting until I finish.
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One of the things the BBC does better than anyone is period drama.
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It's hard enough doing something bold without jumping into your bad reviews.
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When I became CEO, I was really worried that we were in commoditized segments that were mature and no longer growing. So we made a radical pivot into health technology because that is one of the world's unmet needs.
