Javier Solana Quotes
I wish you every success in your new responsibilities, in which you can always count on the full support of the European Union.
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We must break problems down into small, digestible bits. We must define the concepts that we use and explain what components they consist of. We must tackle small problems.
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I've been around - having gone to Princeton, and I went to Oxford after that - some pretty fancy characters in my life. And they're just as nutty as the rest of us - sometimes worse.
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As a very young writer - kindergarten through about fifth grade - I most often wrote about black characters. My very early stories were science fiction and fantasy, with kids stowing away on spaceships and a girl named Tilly who was trying to get into the 'Guinness Book of World Records.'
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Awards are not something that I measure my work by. I've been so fortunate and I've gotten to do such terrific things that it seems petty to look back and say, 'Oh, I should have gotten that prize.' I don't look at it that way.
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I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
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Paul Rudd is too perfect. He's super talented, super nice and super calm. I just think he's a robot.
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You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said.
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Don't put my name on it. These are simply documents I make.
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The children break all my jewelry, so everything I wear is cheap - from Topshop or Dorothy Perkins.
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The 'Outlander' fans are super-passionate.
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I have vitamins I intend to take to be a better person. I even have a pillbox for them to remind myself to be healthier. But will I take them? Definitely not.
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Trust your gut. You know yourself, so don't let somebody else tell you who you are.
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Give the peasants neither life nor death.
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In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.
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When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.
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Different times need different types of leadership.
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I don't know that a lot of boys read 'Rookie', but we get quite a few nice comments and e-mails from them. To say I'm devoted to making it girls-only is a little extreme, because I don't actively try to exclude everyone else, just make sure girls know that this space is for them first and foremost.
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Things heal. Bad stuff happens, but you go on. Life takes care of it.
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Traditional economics is based on imaginary creatures sometimes referred to as 'Homo economicus.' I call them Econs for short. Econs are amazingly smart and are free of emotion, distraction or self-control problems. Think Mr. Spock from 'Star Trek.'
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But I don't like to, tell people how old I am. I like that to be a mystery.
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I'm looking at some comedic horror films because I have often been accused of being too dark. I'm not dark, not compared with 'Saw' or anything like that. So I'm looking at live-action horror films, but not slasher ones - ones that have humor and maybe some social satire.
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I love faltering. I love, in a sense, coming up short. Because you learn nothing from success. You learn so much from failing.
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I wish you every success in your new responsibilities, in which you can always count on the full support of the European Union.
