Paul Polman (Paulus Gerardus Josephus Maria Polman) Quotes
The world faces enormous human development and environmental challenges, from poverty and disease to food security and climate change.
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Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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A Nicklaus Design golf course is done by the guys in my company that I work with, that have been trained in my vision, and they do what they think I might do. They might come in the office and ask me questions and I'd certainly answer their questions, but I'm not involved in the site visits or anything else.
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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There is always shame in the creation of an object for the public gaze.
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I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining.
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All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pull rabbits out of if elected.
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When I was in college, I was always saying I was a socialist.
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I always wanted to be a writer. Maybe, had I been brought up in another generation, I might have just gone into writing rather than medicine - which is not to say that I didn't also have a great attraction towards the idea of being a healer. Fortunately, I've been able to combine the two in ways I could never possibly have imagined.
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I grew up with a pet iguana named Willy. We had a very contentious relationship. It turns out that iguanas are not meant to live in suburban homes.
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If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.
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I love comedy because I'm naturally a very silly person.
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Dolphins games always have been among the most popular NFL telecasts in England.
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Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.
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Orthodox Christianity, by playing upon the emotions of man, is able to accomplish wonders toward keeping him in order and relieving his mind. It can frighten or cajole him away from evil more effectively than could reason.
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
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I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take.
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The more you work with anyone, the more comfortable and safe you feel. The more you have an understanding.
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It is a sore point, because you do have advantages if you have access to more than one language. You also have problems, because on bad days you don't trust yourself, either in your first or your second language, and so you feel like a complete halfwit.
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I'm just a human being. I'm from the projects, too.
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I know I play into that image out there, but I try to say it is a fantasy. I look at my own pictures and wish I could look like that. There are probably five people in this whole entire world who actually look like that.
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I'm one of those people who has to write. If I don't write, I feel itchy and depressed and cranky. So everybody's glad when I write and stop complaining already.
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You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.
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The world faces enormous human development and environmental challenges, from poverty and disease to food security and climate change.
