Jean Monnet Quotes
Everybody is ambitious. The question is whether he is ambitious to be or ambitious to do.Jean Monnet
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
Damien Hirst -
I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for. That can encompass our elected officials' adherence to law and our country's return to the Geneva Conventions.
Samantha Power -
I started out a die-hard New Yorker but really grew to love working in Los Angeles. Even though I originally wanted to do theater, TV presented more opportunities for me, which led me out west.
Becki Newton -
Every artist was first an amateur.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
Ian Somerhalder -
At every Christmas, I fail to remember the daughters' shoe sizes, and they are not growing, but grown. After ostensible hard thought about who needs what, I have failed to give good gifts; I have failed to receive good gifts.
Padgett Powell
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I'm not a Democrat.
Aaron McGruder -
My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
Patrick Schwarzenegger -
When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
Sam Shepard -
If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
Lady Gaga -
I was chosen for 'Wolverine' because there weren't any other Japanese actresses available who could speak English. With 'Batman v Superman' and 'Hannibal,' I got the roles as a result of previous work I'd done, not just because of my nationality.
Tao Okamoto -
I don't really give into all that philosophical talks that 'money is not everything.'
Kangana Ranaut
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All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth.
Ted Williams -
Various channels of dialogue must be kept open to build trust. I will meet North Korea's leader if it is needed to develop relations between the two Koreas.
Park Geun-hye -
I think there's a lot to be said for keeping your own counsel.
Daniel Craig -
When you go to Best Buy and see a DVD of your movie, you think it's amazing. But then there's a whole other world that comes with it. It's a very small percent that's difficult, stalker-like, or annoying. Most people are just so gracious and so nice. As cheesy as it sounds, that's the thing that really keeps you going.
Adam Green -
Properly used, positive reinforcement is extremely powerful.
B. F. Skinner -
Um... Bulgaria is an interesting country. The people are lovely. There are potholes the size of small planets.
Rachel Nichols
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He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.
Samuel Johnson -
The problem with Antigone is that she stood up to the despot Creon, but in such a way that she ended up dying. So she bought her defiance with her death. The real question I ended up asking was, "What would it mean for Antigone to have stood up to Creon and lived?" And the only way she could have lived is if she had had a serious social movement with her. If she arrived with a social movement to take down the despot, maybe it would have taken 18 days only, like in Egypt. It's really important to be able to re-situate one's rage and destitution in the context of a social movement.
Judith Butler -
You may think you're married to a woman, but she's really an overgrown child.
Emily Yoffe -
I'm very proud to be black, but black is not all I am. That's my cultural historical background, my genetic makeup, but it's not all of who I am nor is it the basis from which I answer every question.
Denzel Washington -
Everybody is ambitious. The question is whether he is ambitious to be or ambitious to do.
Jean Monnet