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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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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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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The scandal happened and I made the best of it. I kind of feel like in the end it was a blessing.
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To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve.
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There are aspects of human life that are not purely destructive, and there is a need to pay attention to the things around us while they are still around us. And you know, in a way, if you don't pay that attention, the anger is just bitterness.
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So many rich people, when they get into philanthropy, they have one thing they like, or several things they focus on. They pick a disease or a college or some kind of non-profit. They produce good results through that cause, but also they get recognized; there's some sort of monument to what they did.
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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.
