Nicolas Berggruen Quotes
At the end, the key thing is you've got to live with yourself. That's the real test. Everything else is fleeting.
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I think you can say anybody uses anything as a gimmick. Is Adele's not having gimmicks her gimmick? It's hard to say, isn't it? Really, I think that everybody has something that people like or that's great about them.
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I'm a total people pleaser.
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The true character of ministry is a servants heart.
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I'm not averse to telling people off.
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The president is under 50 percent approval ratings in all the battleground states. So, you could say that President Obama is defying gravity by still being in a dead heat with Mitt Romney. And one of the reasons that he is, is because the changing face of the electorate are giving him a small boost.
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We live in an era of globalization and the era of the woman. Never in the history of the world have women been more in control of their destiny.
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'Mr Selfridge' is a lot more accessible than shows like 'Downton.' Everyone knows the store, but not everyone knows the story. Having this store as the backdrop with all of society working under one roof, I think it really captures people's imaginations.
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Mankind is not special by virtue of our address in the universe, or what spins around us, or because life originated here. Slowly, but surely, we've been compelled to renounce the comfort of these beliefs.
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I like writing my own material - I'm pretty good at it.
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War means fighting, and fighting means killing.
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I really feel it's time to dissolve the current relationship of governor and lieutenant governor by running as a ticket.
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My father always wanted me to play a musical instrument, and I never had that type of skill.
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Guys need attention. They need that nourishment, that little stroke of the ego that gets them by every now and then. I’ll give it to my family, I’ll give it to my work - but I will not give it to a man right now.
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From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people's inborn creativity. My concept is that anybody has creative ability, but very few people know how to use it.
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I can handle ups and downs.
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Rarely in modern times has there been such a revolution in commercial sentiment as occurred in 2008, or such a display in government and business of panic and helplessness.
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Now, I'm not here because I was that good. I'm here because of the people around me made me that good.
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On the comedy side of what I love as a filmmaker are Richard Pryor, Lenny Bruce, and Eddie Murphy; those are my favorites.
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With time, I've got more used to grass, and I think my style of game helps.
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Pretty much my feel toward MCs is, if you really got heart, you got passion, let's get on and do something. I like doing stuff with people that's real.
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You make a film and you don't know who it's going to appeal to.
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I'm such a robot when it comes to work.
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At the end, the key thing is you've got to live with yourself. That's the real test. Everything else is fleeting.
