Peter Maurer Quotes
Self-reliance is not always possible; we have to acknowledge that there are situations of dramatic crisis which will force us to substitute non-existing public delivery systems.
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At the end of your twenties, you realize you are inherently flawed, and that's great, and that's what makes you dynamic.
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Those who really value Ukrainian sovereignty should opt for real independence and a positive neutrality: neither a plaything of the West nor Moscow.
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I keep in touch with what's real.
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The first step is clearly defining what it is you're after, because without knowing that, you'll never get it.
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As an astronaut, you have a very defined set of tasks to do. Those tasks may require you to work 60, 70 or 80 hours a week.
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One of the things about the '70s films I love - the films 'Nightcrawler' is being compared to, like, 'Taxi Driver' - is that they never put their flawed characters into any one box.
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If we knew the meaning to everything that is happening to us, then there would be no meaning.
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We owe it to all our veterans to make sure they have a chance to achieve the American Dream, just like the rest of us.
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I have tried every diet to lose weight. When you restrict yourself, you're setting yourself up for failure.
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Take the complications, rules, shoulds, musts, have tos, and so on out of your life. By uncomplicating your life and removing the trivial pursuits that occupy so much of it, you open a channel for the genius within you to emerge.
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'Job Killer.' Those are the two words you are most likely to hear uttered by most American CEOs when confronted with proposals to enact family-friendly work policies.
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Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short.
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The damps of autumn sink into the leaves and prepare them for the necessity of their fall; and thus insensibly are we, as years close around us, detached from our tenacity of life by the gentle pressure of recorded sorrow.
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The mind is the reality. You are what you think.
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By and large, jazz has always been like the kind of a man you wouldn't want your daughter to associate with.
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They wouldn't mourn for Peterkin, merry little Peterkin. Put away your muskets, lay aside the drum, Hang it by the wooden sword we made for little Peterkin!
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There was always Helmut Newton coffee table books around when I was growing up.
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It's so much easier for me to get up and be someone else than expressing my own thoughts and feelings. There's definitely something about creating a cloak of a character that helped me deal with my shyness.
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For me, dance is about the aesthetics and the hard work that goes into creating something so beautiful. Motivation and dedication to the craft is what pushes me to do my best, to always strive to do better, and the outcome is always worth it.
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There are two things that make a room timeless: a sense of history and a piece of the future.
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I think gender parity is a crucial part of any healthy society. It's applicable to the entire world.
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No, I can tell you one of the first things that happens to a home secretary when they arrive in the job is that they are given a briefing about the security matters that they will be dealing with and I deal with security matters on a daily basis.
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Self-reliance is not always possible; we have to acknowledge that there are situations of dramatic crisis which will force us to substitute non-existing public delivery systems.
