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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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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It is well known that we fight in God's cause... but unless God helps us by a miracle the English, who have faster and handier ships than ours, and many more long-range guns, and who know their advantage just as well as we do, will never close with us at all, but stand aloof and knock us to pieces with their culverins, without our being able to do them any serious hurt. So we are sailing against England in the confident hope of a miracle.
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I curate my T.V.-watching quite carefully.
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I don't blame my own parents for the way I grew up, as quite often there is little choice in these issues.
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Writing a record is like dating a few men at once. You take them to the same restaurants to see if they measure up, and at some point you decide who you like best.
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I didn't really grow up with any traditions. I grew up in a pretty liberal household in Southern California. I think that's part of my interest in thinking about heritage. I don't have a second language or cultural heritage in that way.
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The world faces enormous human development and environmental challenges, from poverty and disease to food security and climate change.
