Jean-Pierre Raffarin Quotes
The Republic is open and tolerant but also knows how and when to be firm and make its values respected.
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We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.
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After I was 70, I realized that, 'Okay, I would like to have another 50 years, and I probably could.' But part of me is saying, 'Maybe I'm not going to have that much time.'
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Hell, I ain't paid to make good lines sound good. I'm paid to make bad lines sound good.
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Even for practical purposes theory generally turns out the most important thing in the end.
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Republican values - strong families, faith, personal responsibility and freedom, among others - are not unique to specific subsets of the electorate. They are universal values, and it is Republicans' job to remind Americans of that fact.
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I used to get butterflies. Now we're always ready to hit the stage and rock out.
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Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious and natural roots without weakening the good influence of society.
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The two great aims of industrialism - replacement of people by technology and concentration of wealth into the hands of a small plutocracy - seem close to fulfillment.
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Adele's look is meticulously thought through and completely of her own traits. She has such a powerful beauty, such an emotional voice, and the kohl, the hair, everything feels organically molded to her personality.
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Another time I cracked two of the vertebrae in my back and broke a rib.
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I like blues but it is music I am too ignorant to understand.
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I was always interested in the arts as a child - drawing, painting, and piano - but acting became a favourite. I was a major theatre geek in high school - if I wasn't in the drama room at lunch rehearsing, I'd be in the art room finishing up some type of project.
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I'm not proud of it, but I'm a great liar when I travel. I smile and lie, and things are smooth.
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I've been more or less vegetarian for about 40 years. Health diet really helps. I do meditation every day, and either yoga or sport several times a week.
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I've traveled to many countries in Africa, and to me, Benin felt the most hopeful.
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My mom, she's a breast cancer survivor and because of that I had started getting mammograms once a year, starting at age 30.
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I can't believe that I was one of those people who said 'I'm not really a sci-fi fan.'
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There was a time... when people didn't go out of their house on Tuesday night at eight o'clock because Milton Berle was on.
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I am deeply grateful to the citizens of Sarajevo and the Sarajevo Canton assembly for bestowing upon me this incredible honor of citizenship. I am so proud to now be a part of such an extraordinary part of the world and fellow citizen to the people I deeply love and admire.
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I'm full of dust and guitars.
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We left the guns hidden in the car and tried walking into the polling place again, and the mob blocked us again. We didn't pursue it.
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I was a kid, 12 or something, when the Partridge Family was big on TV. I liked the curly cord running from the bass to the amps, which were real fancy. That cord looked so cool. I said, 'Wow! I gotta play something like that!'
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All great literature has an uncreeded and luminous theology behind it... Art [is] a form of active prayer.
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The Republic is open and tolerant but also knows how and when to be firm and make its values respected.
