Jean-Pierre Raffarin Quotes
Europe started out with six countries; three small countries and three large countries.
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I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
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I don't speak Spanish. I understand enough of it, having spent some time running Telemundo, and I put in a lot of time in Spain during the Barcelona Olympics. But I don't pretend to speak Spanish, and I don't want anyone to think that I can.
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Even under Obamacare, there are people that get subsidized insurance. But that has a $6,000 deductible. What do you think they do with that $6,000 deductible? They are still a nonpayer.
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We have such little mystery in our lives generally because of how we live now. I mean, of course, mystery is all around us, but the way we live our lives now, we're too busy to be bothered with it.
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I'm lucky that I have my family, I'm lucky that my parents are still together. Those are the things that I cherish.
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The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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Let the path be open to talent.
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I am not opposed to intelligence reform on its face, but any changes should reflect the current context.
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing - but we all do and call it Hope.
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Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.
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The art world is a very prissy little thing over in the corner, while the major cultural forces are being determined by techno science.
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We made more money feeding molasses, urea, and corn cobs to cattle than we ever did feeding dent corn.
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I could sing in English before I could understand it because I phonetically learned it from the musicals.
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In the Jewish tradition, there is at the same time Jerusalem in the heavens and Jerusalem on the ground. Jerusalem is a living city, but also the heart, the soul of the Jewish people and the state of Israel.
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A change of season calls for a change of scent that is both energizing and refreshing.
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I'm a winner; I win most of the time. But in order to be a winner, you have to lose some of the time. I'm a terrible loser.
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I think the best way to control a population is to urbanize and to educate women. We have seen historically in many, many countries that once women are educated and have opportunities, and that happens when they live in cities and once they improve their economies, they no longer want to have eight kids.
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I like to talk to media.
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God wants us to show compassion and understanding toward the unemployed or the poor not because they are poor, but because poor people, with help from those who are already successful, can become rich. And when the poor become rich, all will benefit, because in our modern economy new unemployment is the first sign of economic growth.
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Europe started out with six countries; three small countries and three large countries.
