George Papandreou Quotes
Very often, people will come out and say, 'Greeks aren't doing things, Greeks aren't making changes, there's no reform,' That is hogwash. We have made a huge effort. The Greek people have made a huge effort.
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I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.
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When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.
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When you read about the best places to work, it's never about salary; it's about catered lunches, the daycare - it's the cool stuff that matters.
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
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I've had to be tough my whole life.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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I suspect I was not the first 21-year-old who thought he knew more than he did. And one of the virtues of age, one of the virtues of getting married and becoming a father, is it often leads one to take a more measured approach to life.
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You don't have to have a great voice to sing, just a distinctive one. But make sure you say the words clearly and tell a story.
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I gratefully look forward to oblivion, but I must be sure of it.
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You count a man's U.S. Amateur titles after he starts winning professional majors. That's something any intelligent golf writer with a sense of history is supposed to know.
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I auditioned for 'Avatar' in Australia. It was a 'blind' audition. I didn't know what the movie was about and whom it was for.
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I happen to be the kind of reader who, if I like something, I don't want it to end.
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It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars.
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I like writers who seem to write because they have to. You get the feeling of this burning desire to tell a story. I find it in Peter Carey, Nicola Barker, Ali Smith and David Foster Wallace.
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We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the game.
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In men's sports, people criticize coaches and managers all the time, call out teammates, too, and it's not that huge of a deal. Often, the guy speaking out is even lauded for having the courage to tell the truth. When it happens in women's sports, though, it always seems to be viewed as a nasty, claws-out cat fight.
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I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.
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I may even show up behind the camera. I love to put things together; I love to give direction. I have a great eye for pace.
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Never question the relevance of truth, but always question the truth of relevance.
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The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.
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When someone says 'Action,' you just get on with it and hope that that is translated onto the screen for other people to see. All you can ever do is work as hard as you can on it and make sure you're doing your job.
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Become that rare person where people know that your word is your bond and you're going to do exactly what you say you're going to do.
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Your people eat dry and tasteless flesh but it is off plates as smooth as ivory and as round as the sun.
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Very often, people will come out and say, 'Greeks aren't doing things, Greeks aren't making changes, there's no reform,' That is hogwash. We have made a huge effort. The Greek people have made a huge effort.
