George Papandreou Quotes
Previous governments, particularly the one before I took over, mismanaged the economy quite badly.
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My mother protected me from the world and my father threatened me with it.
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Global governance cannot be limited to the crafting of instruments related to the promotion of democracy. A key component must be the creation of fair and equitable rules to enhance the development prospects of developing countries.
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My people were homesteading in Colorado before Emancipation.
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I did successfully kick tobacco at the age of 34. I smoked for like 20 years, from 14 to 34.
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'Make You Miss Me' is an important song to me. Having it go No. 1 as the fifth single off of my first record is the cherry on top of a chapter in my life I'll never forget.
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I don't own a radio. I listen to everything through apps or on my iPhone. And then I download the shows I like. Shows like 'Fresh Air', 'Radiolab', 'Snap Judgement', all those shows.
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I wish I was a wealthy person. I wish I could self-fund.
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I'm a reclusive weirdo.
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Good governance, safety, a chance to grow economically and professionally - those are important things.
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There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see.
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If you have your eye set on somebody, don't beat around the bush.
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If every small nation with a border dispute believes they can go ahead and launch a pre-emptive war and that it will be approved by the greatest power, that is a very dangerous thing.
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I love jewellery, but it's something I go through stages with. I have my go-to pieces that I will bring out and wear for weeks at a time.
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When you're working well, you don't do research. Whatever you need comes to you.
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We've all had those moments where we take a person for granted.
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The fundamental laws of physics do not describe true facts about reality. Rendered as descriptions of facts, they are false; amended to be true, they lose their explanatory force.
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The world is now aware that the most unavoidable and most dangerous weapon that exists is the blind decisiveness of a man ready to sacrifice his life for an obscure cause.
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There comes a moment on a journey when something sweet, something irresistible and charming as wine raised to thirsty lips, wells up in the traveller's being.
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You never know what can happen. I feel like I have a pretty good chance, but you never know.
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We enter the government essentially in a hotel that is on fire. We're throwing people from the windows into the pool to save their lives and this is the evaluation of the Olympic diving committee: Well, the splash was too big.
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I definitely had a Paul Rudd crush. He's great.
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I love stories about underdogs.
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People ask about breakups, 'Could you see it coming?' But when we leave whatever beach we're on, these couples couldn't be more in love. What happens after that is real life, and sometimes real life gets in the way.
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Previous governments, particularly the one before I took over, mismanaged the economy quite badly.
