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 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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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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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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I went out for a film where they wanted seven brothers and one sister, so I was there for half a day while they were waiting for 'Archie' to read for a boy... I've had drivers come to pick me up in England looking for a blond, blue-eyed Scottish boy.
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I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out.
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It's a very unnatural environment to be in, up on a stage. So you put up defenses to hide. Like looking at the ground with your hair in your eyes, or being tightly wound and quite aggressive and uncooperative, as I used to do.
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We have ambitious goals for the future, and I know we will achieve them, in part, by working closely with our exceptional extended team.
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If it wasn't for golf, I'd probably still be peddling jewelry or be in the sugar mills somewhere.
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If you have a workforce that enjoys each other, they trust each other, they trust management, they're proud of where they work - then they're going to deliver a good product.
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I can't run my career based on someone else's ideology.
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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.
