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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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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When you concentrate on agriculture and industry and are frugal in expenditures, Heaven cannot impoverish your state.
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I wouldn't have made it past the first round of American Idol auditions. It was months before our first song was recorded. The guys were like, 'Just seeng!' And I was like, 'I don't know how to seeng! Can't I just play the triangle?'
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And I think we need a combination of a freeze, potentially, and also we need to sit down with the - with the banking industry and talk to them about ways in which we can help them be able to work those mortgages out, because it's absolutely imperative that we keep people in their homes.
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My feet are like something from another age - prehistoric and troll-like. I keep expecting them to talk, they have that much character.
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I feel more content with what I wear. I always feel confident. I shop for my age and my body.
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I make short films, little documentaries, about the co-evolution of humans and technology.
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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.
