Jose Manuel Barroso Quotes
There's a tendency in many politicians to become inward-looking, more protectionist, more nationalistic and more defensive, in the bad sense of the word.
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While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.
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For every three scripts that you get through, one will be made, and that doesn't even necessarily mean that they're going to cast you in it.
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Music gave me something that was not only good for me - it gave me something to work on, something to be proud of and something that I really loved and have a love for - but also music was good for other people because you put joy into the world.
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Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.
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You just have to enjoy what you're doing. You just never know how people are going to receive it.
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I do not think that having children - I have three teenagers - keeps you young. The reverse. It thrusts you into a full-frontal confrontation with your own all-too-obvious maturity.
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I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I don't hit it very far; I don't overpower a golf course, but I think I'm a pretty decent putter. At Augusta National, putting is premium.
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We think of the 1950s as an oppressive time in the culture, and indeed it was, but it was also in many ways a more secular moment, and one in which great scientific achievements flourished. I don't want to get too gauzy about this, but there was much more respect for science as a necessary part of society.
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Our deals and performance speak for themselves. And whoever doesn't feel comfortable investing with us will not.
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I've always been busy, but I wasn't always successful.
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Thoughts are mental energy; they're the currency that you have to attract what you desire. Learn to stop spending that currency on thoughts you don't want.
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It is a struggle for the minds of the people... No cause justifies recourse to terrorism.
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We have the American people properly concerned about the future of our country and the world.
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I feel the only way I can survive is to spend a lot of time writing songs. I have to have incredible, killer songs that also are hits, or I just don't have a chance.
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One of the most adventurous things left us is to go to bed. For no one can lay a hand on our dreams.
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You walk on a set, and you have no idea - that's why I don't storyboard. It's all possible.
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My policies are multi-ethnic and certainly not racist.
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When somebody throws something out the car window, honk at them, but don't give them the finger. We've got to temper our negative feelings about people who desecrate the environment.
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It was cool for a couple of weeks, but how much bad golf can you play?
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In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
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When you're in a band and write a song on your own, it isn't fully realized until it goes into somebody else's ears.
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There's a tendency in many politicians to become inward-looking, more protectionist, more nationalistic and more defensive, in the bad sense of the word.
