Romano Prodi Quotes
Are we all clear that we want to build something that can aspire to be a world power - not just a trading bloc, but a political entity?
Quotes to Explore
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I've been told I'm a little bit eccentric.
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One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of creating bridges; we are contributing to the conflict between East and West by our stupid desire to have more.
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Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.
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Detroit's industrial ruins are picturesque, like crumbling Rome in an 18th-century etching.
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Everyone wants me to be perfect, but I am so far from perfect!
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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'm very blessed with the perfect husband.
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I'm a sponge when it comes to stories. I'd say everything influences me in some way, but for 'Red Queen' in particular, I was really affected by the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by George R. R. Martin.
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Sexiness, particularly in movies, is the chess game in the 'Thomas Crown Affair'. It's, it's, I don't know, but Faye Dunaway comes up a lot in that thinking. It's the subtlety of sexiness. The moment you try to be sexy, then it's not.
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Some movies to me are like vampires – they suck all of the energy out of me and I don't like that. I like to give the audience energy if I can.
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Unfortunately, any girl - unless you're playing the action hero - is going to end up at some point handcuffed, gagged, and waiting for the hero to save her.
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I used to love to draw. I didn't want to go to art class because I felt that would be too corny when I was young, but architectural drafting was the cool thing to do because there was more precision. It taught me a lot about building and structures and doorways and frames and windowsills.
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The enemies of the Christian religion and the Law of God confuse law with faith.
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The mind is just another muscle.
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That's what I'd like to do on the President's Council. Make sports and athletics available to every youth in America, not just one day a week like it was for me, but every day.
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All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.
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There are individuals who are working very hard to promote fear and antagonism towards Islam and Muslims in this country. It's fueled, in part, by the first African-American president that we have. Obama's father was a Muslim and people have used this to arouse hostility against him.
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It's one of the oldest theatrical adages: never work with children or animals.
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It's much better being an older father. You don't have to go prove to the world and to yourself that you're who you want to be, for better or worse.
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I'm learning how to drown out the constant noise that is such an inseparable part of my life. I don't have to prove anything to anyone, I only have to follow my heart and concentrate on what I want to say to the world. I run my world.
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I really hate the duties of being a celebrity, like getting dressed up for the red carpet.
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He's a hollow man. He believes in anything. Hollow men are vulnerable to anyone who offers them something that might fill the void and make them feel less empty.
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If we want to end a culture rampant with harassment, we must listen to the adult women who are speaking out courageously. We must also make room for girls to speak: If we listened, we'd find that many middle schoolers are trying to tell us, 'Me too.'
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Are we all clear that we want to build something that can aspire to be a world power - not just a trading bloc, but a political entity?
