John de Mol, Jr. Quotes
In Holland, every Monday evening my creative team meets to discuss fresh new ideas. We try to look at what's happening in the world. Are there trends? Are there new developments we should be aware of? And regularly we heard that people are uncertain about the future. People are sick and tired of the rules and regulations.
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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But who knows, some years from now if there's a global emissions trading scheme agreement, as many have hoped for, then I'm sure Australia would be part of it.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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I did a lot of things as a Muslim that I am sorry for now.
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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I have to stay calm, cool, and collected.
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The Bay of Bengal is hit frequently by cyclones. The months of November and May, in particular, are dangerous in this regard.
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Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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You are the only you. That means you don't lose roles to anybody else. There's no competition, so they either want you or they don't want you, and it's not that they wanted someone else over you.
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I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
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I support gay unions. I think the government should get out of the marriage business completely - leave marriages to the churches. And grant civil unions to gay couples, grant civil unions to a man and woman.
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I know it can be dangerous, but I love racing. I worry my wife, but she knows it's important to me.
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Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.
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Thus, neither my government nor myself, personally, are without ideals and responsibilities.
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I thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech.
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Women's stories have been neglected for so long - unless they were queens. Exploring the history of women is a way of redressing that imbalance.
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If you look long enough into the void, the void begins to look back through you.
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I will tell my best friends who I'm attracted to, but I'm not going to talk about it in a newspaper... It has nothing to do with my work.
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In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
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A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits.
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I am in love with myself, with my friends, with my family, with kids, with life and my movies.
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In Holland, every Monday evening my creative team meets to discuss fresh new ideas. We try to look at what's happening in the world. Are there trends? Are there new developments we should be aware of? And regularly we heard that people are uncertain about the future. People are sick and tired of the rules and regulations.
