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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We must draw on the unique strengths of the Japanese economy, seek an open and cooperative approach with our international partners, and intelligently exploit the promise of new growth areas.
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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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I was kind of loathe to go on social media. I find the trolling unacceptable, and I never wanted to look like I was someone who would accept that.
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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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I believe that the death penalty is an effective penalty.
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Prayer is not a painful effort to gain from God help in the varying needs of life. Prayer is the desire to possess God Himself
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I would say 80% of the scripts I get are dramas and not comedies or romantic comedies, which is funny because that's what I do every week.
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India must assist other countries such as Pakistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan in their fight against this diseas in improving their health systems and infrastructure.
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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.
