George Papandreou Quotes
At times of distress, we all like to recall the advice of fathers and mothers. The best advice my father gave me was to keep faith and deep confidence in the potential of the Greek people; nurture the belief that they can do things.
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I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me.
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Some talk shows have become so exploitive and tabloid, I wonder if I can believe some of their guests. Where do they find these guests, and why do they deserve air time?
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I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.
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I have quite a house. People come over and I go, 'I know, I'm sorry.'
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Leaving all the glamour and air-kissing aside, at the end of the day, fashion is about operations and getting things done. The best way to be successful, therefore, is to learn from the people who do it best.
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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
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In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. We know and yet we still mess it up. That's part of the human condition, no, and why we need to work on it.
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I think the key to getting rid of illegal immigration, no matter where its coming from, is that you need to have a good legal apparatus for immigration.
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Early impressions are like glimpses seen through the window by night when lightning is about.
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War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
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I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.
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By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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I was doing a tour of the 'Batman' live stage production, and I challenged the cast to join me to run. One time, we were running in Switzerland just before Christmas, and it was heavy snow. Another time, we were running down the Seine in Paris on Christmas Day, and we all had Santa hats on.
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A fine world in which man reproaches woman with fulfilling his heart's desire!
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The thing that comes most frequently to me on yoga retreats is excruciating pain in my hips.
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I would say that I quite consciously rely on my obsessions in all my work, that I deliberately set up an obsessional frame of mind. In a paradoxical way, this leaves one free of the subject of the obsession.
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I was actually not some sort of a child prodigy by any stretch.
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The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life.
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We all have a stake in the battle against Ebola.
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At the end, we're kind of observers - creative people, I mean. I feel like an observer, and I'm pretty much able to step out of things and see how things are playing out.
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At times of distress, we all like to recall the advice of fathers and mothers. The best advice my father gave me was to keep faith and deep confidence in the potential of the Greek people; nurture the belief that they can do things.
