Vladimir Potanin Quotes
I am not trying to say that I am poor and that I don't like beautiful things. But I don't like luxury for luxury sake or in the sense of showing off luxury.
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For us, overseas employment addresses two major problems: unemployment and the balance of payments position.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust.
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I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds.
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Fashion breaks my heart.
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The West has become the world model; developing countries are dreaming of living like us, which is impossible. They should reject our model, because it is not sustainable. Developing countries should even give us the example, but unfortunately that's not what happens.
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I don't meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.
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The function of the artist is to invent, not to chronicle.
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Typically, a book takes me about a year to write.
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I date, but the person I date most is myself, unfortunately.
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Just because we eat together does not mean we eat right: Domino's alone delivers a million pizzas on an average day.
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I have fruit trees. Cows for fresh milk, yoghurt. My own wheat. I'm basically self-sufficient.
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Being creative and making money in the theater is very challenging.
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We are living in a world that is beyond controllability.
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Almost everyone stops being an artist. Most artists don't become artists. But that's another discussion. What it takes to be an artist.
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Duncan Sheik and I are trucking along on 'American Psycho,' which is sort of the anti-Superman, you know? But it's a lot of fun, too, in a much, much darker way, obviously.
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Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
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I am not trying to say that I am poor and that I don't like beautiful things. But I don't like luxury for luxury sake or in the sense of showing off luxury.
