Nicolas Berggruen Quotes
In my teens I was interested in photography. Then I decided that I should learn something about the world of commerce. And I came to America at age 17 to escape Europe. I went to NYU - nothing better than being 17 years old and coming to New York.
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On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.
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There are certain things that I do - I don't eat chicken or pork. I stay away from red meat a lot; I eat fish most of the time. I think it makes me feel cleaner, not just body wise. I feel good.
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This is probably why, my life is easier, and my family is very happy, because we never lie each other. This is probably all people supposed to feel each other, so be always in all of the world they'll be peace.
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I've had a lot of struggles and I would be in a lot of trouble, I think, if I wasn't a Christian.
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I hated the fact that I had to read 'Moby-Dick' as a senior in high school.
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When you start playing tennis, you don't imagine there's a whole bureaucracy behind the tournaments and all of that. You just think about winning the cups.
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The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.
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I didn't intend to run for public office. I didn't really think about it.
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There is an element of mystique to radio, and I often listen to cricket commentary on radio, especially when one is stuck in a traffic jam.
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Growing up in the middle of nowhere, there was a lot of twangy music around, but it didn't really connect with me then.
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April is tax month. If you are having trouble filing your taxes, then you should hire an accountant. They'll give you the same advice that they've given hundreds of corporations - taxes are for douche bags.
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In high school, I did some musicals, but I never took acting until college. I was studying opera, classical voice, and a speech teacher asked me to audition for this play, and I got the lead.
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I make hit records. I make hit records to motivate the people.
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The mystique of the femme fatale cannot be perfectly translated into male terms.
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People don't do them around me. I would never allow it. The people who are around me are people that I love, and I don't want to see people that I love hurt themselves.
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Now, everyone has their talents, but working with props is not one of mine.
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Telling the world is the most difficult experience of my life, but it is very close to having to live through the experience that occasion this meeting.
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I actually studied engineering in school - I have a degree in mechanical engineering. But, when I got out of school, instead of going to work as an engineer, I was in a band.
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Younger adult smokers are the only source of replacement smokers If younger adults turn away from smoking, the industry must decline.
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All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.
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In my teens I was interested in photography. Then I decided that I should learn something about the world of commerce. And I came to America at age 17 to escape Europe. I went to NYU - nothing better than being 17 years old and coming to New York.
