Pierre Nanterme Quotes
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I am very proud to be African. I want to defend African people, and I want to show to the world that African players can be as good as the Europeans and South Americans.
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Why is it that our young kids all across America can solve the most complex problems in a video game involving executive decision making and analytical thinking, yet we accept the fact that they can't add or read?
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The difference between Amazon and us is Amazon is more like an empire - everything they control themselves, buy and sell.
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I idolised bands like Pearl Jam and Smashing Pumpkins, who wanted to reach as many people as they could.
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The harder you work, the luckier you get.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.
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In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. We know and yet we still mess it up. That's part of the human condition, no, and why we need to work on it.
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There are many who lust for the simple answers of doctrine or decree. They are on the left and right. They are not confined to a single part of the society. They are terrorists of the mind.
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If we come to the conclusion after 90 days that the synergies are big enough to justify the efforts, then we can go to the second step, which consists of saying: what would be the best organization and conditions - including shareholdings - in order to make sure the synergies happen.
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I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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I wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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The man that got me into collecting sneakers in the first place was the man they call Michael Jordan. He was the one who kind of exposed me to the sneaker world - he was my favorite basketball player, and he had the best shoes.
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Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.
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How do you live with evil? Art is traditionally - certainly with my secular background - the answer, but art is very self-referential, whereas religion claims to go beyond the bounds of human existence.
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I think Russian people are learning that democracy is not an alien thing; it's not a western invention.
Garry Kasparov -
Bowie is just a persona. He's a singer, an entertainer. David Jones is a man I met.
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Simple, I don't like the word simple. I like easy better. I want to forget about the technique. I sweat and worry but I don't want it look like that; but you can’t separate the artist and his technique.
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There's no need to wait for the bad things and bullshit to be over. Change now. Love now. Live now. Don't wait for people to give you permission to live, because they won't. That permission is your birthright, hot stuff; grab it!
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I'm not a negative person.
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I always appreciated that connection between a parent and a kid because I yearned for it so much. Growing up, I wanted a father, and because I've had this idea of what a father should be, it's exciting to finally have the opportunity to try and be that guy, to see if I can actually do it.
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When the cause is just, and there's been injustice, then it's easy to kind of galvanize your emotions and confront a guy.
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I feel I'm probably the luckiest guy on the planet to lead Accenture.
