Francois Hollande Quotes
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I never race for records. The motivation to try to beat the record is not enough to continue. You have to enjoy it.
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I could hear my friends outside playing soccer while I was expected to stay inside practicing the piano. It was like torture!
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard.
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The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.
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We are cyborgs already. If you learn to read, it causes permanent changes to the structure of your brain for your entire life.
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We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.
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Reading is a huge part of life.
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You need to make a trip to Des Moines in August, because the Iowa State Fair really is a sight to see. The Iowa Fairgrounds are usually packed for those 11 days, and you get a real sense of what a classic Midwest fair is all about.
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When I went to Juventus, I was young, but in training, I had legends like Fabio Cannavaro and Lilian Thuram marking me. I had to work hard to get my respect.
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Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
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I originally went to school for writing, for non-fiction. I'm specifically a poetry major within literature, but I don't know.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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It's so lovely to know that people who you would never think know about Bollywood, they know about Bollywood.
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I was shocked when 'The Hobbit' ended where it ended. I wasn't paying attention to what they were doing; I didn't know they had another movie, and I couldn't believe it was when the dragon came out.
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I'm not really into weight training.
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It's harder, but we're still finding oil in Oklahoma today. The bar has been raised on startup companies, but it can still be done. Every regulation and every rule limits you, but, yes, it can still be done. That's the beauty of living in a free country and having the freedom to have an idea and become an entrepreneur.
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I lull them into a false sense of security by watching me pitch... If overconfidence can cause the Roman Empire to fall, I ought to be able to get a ground ball.
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Most people hoard their money - just keep it in the bank. Bitcoin will really take off when people start spending it, creating a velocity of money.
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.
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My God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation isn’t just crossfire where you shoot and get shot at! Where you’ve got to duck for your life and aim to kill! Words aren’t only bombs and bullets - no, they’re little gifts, containing meanings!
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Slavery naturally tends to destroy all sense of justice and equity. It puffs up the mind with pride: teaches youth a habit of looking down upon their fellow creatures with contempt, esteeming them as dogs or devils, and imagining themselves beings of superior dignity and importance, to whom all are indebted. This banishes the idea, and unqualifies the mind for the practice of common justice.
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Muslims in France should be able to practice their religion freely and safely.
