Ferdinand Piech Quotes
I would have preferred to keep both brands. But in the way (that) it developed, I am very satisfied.
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Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
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I'm the 1st black platinum artist in Detroit, solo artist in Detroit.
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Why should I marry? One marries to have children, but I already have children! My nieces and nephews are my children.
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The first World War in so many ways shaped the 20th century and really remade our world for the worse.
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With film, I have to be a team player; it's a whole different thing. I can't just be a one-man show. I have to learn how to use people to the best of their ability and motivate them to be as passionate about the project as I am.
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My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don't really know me.
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Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing.
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I did documentaries for maybe 10 years before I turned to fiction films.
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I like Thomas Jefferson, though he intimidated me. I thought he would have been very tough to be around. I don't know if he had such a sense of humor.
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I'm curvy.
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The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose.
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Everything has a purpose or premise. Every second of our life has its own premise, whether or not we are conscious of it at the time. That premise may be as simple as breathing or as complex as a vital emotional decision, but it is always there.
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For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.
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One of the duties of fortitude is to keep the weak from receiving injury; another, to check the wrong motions of our own souls; a third, both to disregard humiliations, and to do what is right with an even mind. All these clearly ought to be fulfilled by all Christians, and especially by the clergy.
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I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories.
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I think everybody goes through things in their life where they're like, 'This does not make any sense,' or 'I don't understand why this is happening,' but that's part of the journey of faith.
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'Life as a Dog' is when I really started to feel comfortable, like I had the due north on my compass.
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I have glaucoma, so use eye drops both morning and night.
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There is beauty in everything, even in silence and darkness.
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Death is the quiet haven of us all.
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My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.
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If I could prove by logic that you would die in five minutes, I should be sorry you were going to die, but my sorrow would be very much mitigated by pleasure in the proof.
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I would have preferred to keep both brands. But in the way (that) it developed, I am very satisfied.
