Hasso Plattner Quotes
I am grateful for the great education at a public university that Germany gave me, and that - added to a little luck - allowed me to achieve. Education is the key to a career, and its basis has to be provided by government.
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A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.
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I am as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good as the best.
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I believe in reincarnation of the soul.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
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When I started this I wanted to get back in the pool, I wanted to race and I wanted to go to the Olympics. I still want to do all of those things.
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The advice of the elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.
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All I want to do is a rom-com, but you know, people see me as an action person because the first movie that was seen by a lot of the public would be 'Hitman.'
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My father was an air officer in the Second World War. My brother was a marine in Vietnam. When I was given this opportunity, I leapt at the chance because I thought it would be a hell of a lot more interesting than what my friends were doing.
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To err is human, but it feels divine.
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But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
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Looking so cool, his greed is hard to conceal, he's fresh out of law school, you gave him a license to steal.
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If eviction has these massive consequences that we all pay for, a very smart use of public funds would be to invest in legal services for folks facing eviction.
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A woman can be sexy, charming, witty or shy with her shoes.
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I have a personal philosophy in life: If somebody else can do something that I'm doing, they should do it. And what I want to do is find things that would represent a unique contribution to the world - the contribution that only I, and my portfolio of talents, can make happen. Those are my priorities in life.
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Winning titles plays a big role in the Ballon d'Or race.
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It's cool to be different and just be who you are and shock people in a good way.
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Like our shadows, Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines.
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I just really don't like being the center of attention that much. It's kind of ironic.
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If you believe, then you hang on. If you believe, it means you've got imagination, you don't need stuff thrown out on a blueprint, and don't face facts-what can stop you? If I don't make it today, I'll come in tomorrow.
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You go to college not only for the latest knowledge but also to meet people from different backgrounds. That's the genius of the American higher-education system compared with the Europeans'. We don't simply skim the elite.
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I am grateful for the great education at a public university that Germany gave me, and that - added to a little luck - allowed me to achieve. Education is the key to a career, and its basis has to be provided by government.
