Nicolas Berggruen Quotes
I wish I was a great writer or a great journalist or a great scientist or a great artist; I'm not.
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Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.
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The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural.
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Jamestown changed the world in many ways, but perhaps it shaped our nation most profoundly the day Africans arrived. I can't think of a more relevant place to talk about the issues facing our community today than the place where African culture became American culture.
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I always loved being fat, obviously. I'm Fat Joe.
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I don't know how to read. I get all my news from Jon Stewart every day.
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I've got quite a good poker face. I'm known for being able to keep my emotions very much in check: no one knows how I'm feeling. I can be winning or losing but keep it very much the same.
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I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
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I don't even know what my favourite food is anymore, as they are all such bad foods!
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I think confidence does come with time, and I've been really surprised by that, actually.
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'Moby-Dick' has a remarkable way of resonating with whatever is going on in the world at that particular moment.
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Yeah, I kind of grew up in front of the camera: I started modeling when I was two.
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I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.
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Life isn't easy, and leadership is harder still.
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However great the exertion of our mind may be to comprehend the Divine Being or any of the ideals, we find a screen and partition between Him and ourselves. Thus the prophets frequently hint at the existence of a partition between God and us.
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If we have white persons in the March, we are certain to have trouble with the Communists, and it may not be viewed as a true expression of the Negro's protest.
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I don't know anyone male or female who can quote-unquote have it all. It's a made-up idea. Men don't have it all. They may have it better because they get paid more for the same work, but they don't have it all.
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I travel around the world constantly promoting my projects and endorsing products. Yes, I do get paid to go to parties; in fact, I'm the person who started the whole trend of paid appearances. But when you see me at a party, I'm always working or promoting something.
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After that, I was offered lots of lesbian roles, but I didn't want them because I'd already played the best there was.
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Ignorance makes most men go into a political party, and shame keeps them from getting out of it.
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Love is a choice — not simply, or necessarily, a rational choice, but rather a willingness to be present to others without pretense or guide. Love is a conversion to humanity — a willingness to participate with others in the healing of a broken world and broken lives. Love is the choice to experience life as a member of the human family, a partner in the dance of life.
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Ultimately we know deeply that the other side of every fear is freedom.
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I wish I was a great writer or a great journalist or a great scientist or a great artist; I'm not.
