Javier Solana Quotes
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It is easy to remove the mind from harping on the lost illusion of immortality. The disciplined intellect fears nothing and craves no sugar-plum at the day's end, but is content to accept life and serve society as best it may.
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I profoundly feel that the art of living is the art of giving. You're fulfilled in the moment of giving, of doing something beyond yourself.
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Pregnancy is a very creative phase for me.
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I could live very quietly, do advertising to earn money.
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One theme I ran into over and over while writing about the periodic table was the future of energy and the question of which element or elements will replace carbon as king.
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The more we learn about life, the less plausible is any evolutionary theory that relies on blind, undirected, piece-by-piece change.
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I've always moved between media. Some ideas just work better in some media than others.
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I'm addicted to food, so if you bring the cake and stuff to my house, I might walk by and take a swipe of icing and keep it moving. So what happens is I try to not keep it around.
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Unless you work for '60 Minutes', your life is: You do stories about things, and nothing happens as a result.
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The whole borrowing clothes thing is very unnatural for me. I don't feel comfortable with that. If you like something, I'd just give it to you rather than sharing it.
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I haven't fallen that much, but when I have, it's usually in the attempt to do something worthwhile. As for recovery, you just have to get up!
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Starting in the 1970s, American cars started to lose market share to foreign cars. It was clear what was happening - these better-made foreign car companies were encroaching on the U.S., and the U.S. car makers had less than half of their own country's market.
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Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's getting too scary. We are touching down onto something real. It is beyond the point when you think you are done that often something strong comes out.
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Sales don't always have anything to do with good or brilliant or original. Sales are about appeal.
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A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.
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The impact of climate change is a tremendous risk to the security and well-being of our countries.
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I don't think I want to transition into being a recording artist for the rest of my life or anything like that, but it's something I'd like to try.
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There have been many gay knights in the past - like Sir Noel Coward or Sir John Gielgud.
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I took pleasure when I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky.
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People think that it is important to learn by assisting the great photographers. I say that is a big mistake. Be happy; just learn from any little guy. Learn how to use the camera - you don't need anything else. You can't be taught the real skill anyway.
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I don't have a lot of regrets in my life.
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In 'Gravity,' nearly everything is a metaphor for the main character. The way I tend to approach a film is that character and background are equally important; one informs the other. Here, Sandra Bullock is caught between Earth and the void of the universe, just floating there in between. We use the debris as a metaphor for adversity.
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I've always felt that, you know, the Almighty has a lot of things to do other than help my basketball team.
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We've recognized that this is a mistake, and this is a mistake we regret.