Joe Kaeser Quotes
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Nixon was the most dishonest individual I have ever met in my life. He lied to his wife, his family, his friends, his colleagues in the Congress, lifetime members of his own political party, the American people and the world.
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If in my twenties I'd gotten one of the two-dozen roles that I did screen tests for and almost got, I think I would have become bored with the awards circuit, the whole hype machine.
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Life's not fair, is it? Some of us drink champagne in the fast lane, and some of us eat our sandwiches by the loose chippings on the A597.
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We do high heels, and people know us for that, but the idea of wearing a flat from day to night feels special.
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Being Premier is a 24/7 job, so it doesn't create many spaces in order to be able to build relationships.
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Any form of art is political if you make it that way.
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If Boston charters can be stymied despite their extraordinary success, charters anywhere can be stopped.
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I do not think that having children - I have three teenagers - keeps you young. The reverse. It thrusts you into a full-frontal confrontation with your own all-too-obvious maturity.
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I believe nobody is stronger than the state. So the state would be strong, and we have to work altogether to make the strength of the state.
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I had what AA calls 'a convincer' – which made me realize that I couldn't do it any more. I went out drinking for about 70 hours here in London. At the end I knew I was done.
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It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.
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I love 'The Wire;' that's my favorite show, so I'll watch that.
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A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
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You see people in Hollywood trying to make blockbuster after blockbuster, but it's not possible. There's some god up there saying, 'You will fail now.' But I suppose that's true of us all.
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I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.
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On stage, you can use your emotions. It's the place where you can channel them. They have a purpose.
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Beware how you take away hope from another human being.
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I'm not a very efficient filmmaker. There's a lot of guys, filmmakers like the Coen Brothers who shoot a whole movie and maybe don't use 12 setups. I'm in awe of people like that; I'm just not that guy.
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There was an enormous revival of pulp fiction that started in the '60s and continued into the '70s, which in large part gave rise to things like 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones,' among others. But I developed an appetite for the original stuff at the time, and that appetite has never really abated.
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What some people would call antics, I would just call a good show.
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I had a slightly inferior endgame that probably should have been drawn, but Kortchnoi kept torturing me with little threats until finally, exhausted and exasperated, I made a losing mistake.
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A company that is big is never really bad but also not really good.
