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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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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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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The more you work with anyone, the more comfortable and safe you feel. The more you have an understanding.
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You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.
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I would like to get another job in London or tour there. I miss my friends.
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Since my life has been wayward and impulsive, always a search for something that is not there, and then disillusionment, I believe I need all the excuses I can make.
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I wish not merely to be called Christian, but also to be Christian.
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When you trip over love, it is easy to get up. But when you fall in love, it is impossible to stand again.
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Against all the opposition in the world, I make this statement - that once I knew a magician. I was a witness of a performance that may some day be considered understandable, but that, in these primitive times, so transcends what is said to be the known that it is what I mean by magic.
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Bow down, I am the emperor of dreams.
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The world faces enormous human development and environmental challenges, from poverty and disease to food security and climate change.
