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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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 wake up every morning and I wish I were dead, and so does Jim.
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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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Actors are conditioned to develop a system for expressing as much as they can in the shortest amount of time because you're going to get all cut up in a movie.
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Age, like distance lends a double charm.
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Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power, and look what he did.
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It's like nothing's really happening. Our culture is almost dead.
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Everyone wants to demagogue everyone else. That may be good politics, but it's awful policy.
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In the United States, unlike any other advanced democracy, money really talks. Our Supreme Court has said that spending money on politicians is a form of free speech. No other court has said that.
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I think John le Carre is, at 77, the greatest living writer alive. He is a master craftsman.
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It’s interesting that in the Bible, in the book of Ecclesiastes, the only practical advice given about living a meaningful life is to find a job you like, enjoy your marriage, and obey God. It’s as though God is saying, Write a good story, take somebody with you, and let me help.
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I feel I'm probably the luckiest guy on the planet to lead Accenture.
