Frans van Houten Quotes
I am pleased with the response of investors towards Philips Lighting and the successful pricing of the I.P.O. This strategic milestone will allow Royal Philips to focus on the fast-growing health technology market.
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It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot of people - I'm quite artistic and quite eccentric sometimes. If you honour that, you fit into yourself better - and people accept you for what you are.
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I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.
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The Romantics were whipping boys of the New Criticism, but they appealed to me anyway. I was recalcitrant. It was clear to me that they had thought innovatively.
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A lot of authors, judging by their list, will put anything out that they finish... That's the worst model I've heard of in my life. It's just idiotic. Why wouldn't you just wait for the good ones?
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You must always do what you feel is right.
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I want to do an American 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg.'
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Any time Khaled comes to your video, it just steps it up that much more. He's so fun; people love him.
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I recently read an article on how I was dropped from a film because I couldn't dance! It was so ridiculous that I decided to shut up about it. Let people say what they want to. It's such a waste of time.
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I am so saddened and grossed out by young women who look like creepy, old aliens because of their new Barbie noses and lips. Is that a smile or a grimace?
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The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies.
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People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
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My favorite toy as a kid was Legos. I loved building things, and that's what we're doing with SumZero.
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There was a bit of a comparison that Bret was making between Vince McMahon and my dad. He looked up to Vince as a dad and stuff, and it was a shame to see the whole thing end the way it did.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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I do not like violence.
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I call myself a constitutional conservative.
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It was a complex endeavor so without Robert Redford's constant support we wouldn't have gotten to the end.
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The little trouble in the world that is not due to love is due to friendship.
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I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist.
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I didn't grow up listening to country music. I pretty much grew up rebelling against country music.
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The best advice for anyone trying to grow on social media is to be real and to be consistent. People will connect more with you if you stay true to yourself and who you are.
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For some time now the impression has been growing upon me that everyone is dead. It happens when I speak to people. In the middle of a sentence it will come over me: yes, beyond a doubt this is death. There is little to do but groan and make an excuse and slip away as quickly as one can.
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I really hate to see abusive behavior being passed on from generation to generation to generation, when we have access to health and counseling.
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I am pleased with the response of investors towards Philips Lighting and the successful pricing of the I.P.O. This strategic milestone will allow Royal Philips to focus on the fast-growing health technology market.
