Pim Fortuyn Quotes
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Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me.
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Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
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Thankfully I'm not endlessly ambitious, but I have done some crazy ambitious things like buying an island off the west coast of Scotland in the late Sixties.
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One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends.
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Out of the 72 kids that I went to high school with, I still talk to 25 of them on a fairly regular basis. Seven of my classmates live in L.A., and five of them are in the entertainment business, and we constantly talk and play fantasy football together.
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Be kind to one another. You may need each other when you are older.
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I'm going to start these art museums that are basically converted homes, and I have one for modern art, and I have one for 19th century European art, and one for French impressionism. I've got Japanese.
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When you take on something like your footprint on the environment, you have to say, 'Where am I going to draw the circle around my level of responsibility and then where do I assume that others will take responsibility?'
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Some actors get fired up by the sound of the audience. I just want to retreat.
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If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
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I think poetry always lives its life, and people come to it and people go away from it, 'people' in the sense of larger numbers of people. It's as though you begin to think that poetry is a resource, and that at certain times people seem to need it or want it or can find sustenance in it, and at other times they can't.
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I feel very peaceful.
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I don't play the bass. I'm not in a band. I tried to think of ways I could touch base with the troops and support what we're doing.
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If I didn't have children I might be more of a lush than I am. I like booze. I struggle with smoking. And I'm a big swearer. I'm trying to rein it in but I do think it's a nice seasoning of language.
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My grandmother always said, 'when you receive a paycheck, you always have to put a certain amount to your savings, and 10 percent right away to charity.'
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I studied engineering in the national university, the Universidad Autonoma, in San Ildefonso.
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If what I went through on a national level, the trouble between me and my wife, if it helps one couple going through the same thing... if it saves one family, it's worth it.
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Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.
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'The Interceptor' is gritty but also entertaining. The action is great as well.
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For me, love is magic; it's about trust and understanding. It's putting the other person before you effortlessly.
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I'm so popular it's scary sometimes. I suppose I'm just everybody's type.
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Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit.
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If you don't tolerate any risk, you can never innovate.
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If something happens to me, the government is co-responsible.
