Alexander Stubb Quotes
I had always regarded language as more a question of utility than identity. Therefore, I promptly noted that all the (EU) meetings should be conducted in English and French. My older colleagues laughed. Later I understood why. On the second day of the Finnish presidency (of the EU) a German delegation refused to participate in an informal ministerial meeting because no German interpretation had been arranged.Alexander Stubb
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That term, 'David and Goliath,' has entered our language as a metaphor for improbable victories by some weak party over someone far stronger.
Malcolm Gladwell -
I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
Warren Kole -
You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
Barry Mann -
I can always go back to education.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
I've always been interested in the camera and the effects of it - that's what drew me to film in the first place.
Sam Raimi -
When I say I'm an authentic conservative, it's because when you look at who I am and where I come from, it'd be a lot easier to have grown up a Democrat.
Adam Hasner
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Beauty is boring because it is predictable.
Umberto Eco -
We live in a globalising world. That means that all of us, consciously or not, depend on each other. Whatever we do or refrain from doing affects the lives of people who live in places we'll never visit.
Zygmunt Bauman -
I never had little brothers, so I was totally not used to hearing a lot of cussing at a young age! I learned what 'pull my finger' meant the hard way.
Danica McKellar -
I just think that all of us in this room should have a voice in how the USA is represented. And he don't allow us our voice, that's all I'm saying.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
I grew up with horror. My dad loves movies, and he passed a lot of them on to me. There's something so fun about them.
Maika Monroe -
A civilization, a culture, cannot survive without passion, cannot be saved without passion.
Oriana Fallaci
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Sadly, black people disassociate ourselves from the things which make us who we are, identifying them as lesser, or inferior. It's a form of self hate. So, with reckless abandon, we strive to be like the majority.
Nate Parker -
I didn't want to get pregnant while commanding an assault helicopter company and, before I knew it, I was deployed and missed out on many of my childbearing years.
Tammy Duckworth -
When you are no more, only then for the first time will you be.
Rajneesh -
A god that can be understood is not a god.
W. Somerset Maugham -
You get to a certain age and you can't judge yourself on your dad or your parents.
Ellie Goulding -
I think people love it when anybody acts bad; its not particular to me.
Kevin Spacey
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I don't think your personal life has anything to do with your professional life. They are separate things. Whatever is happening at home shouldn't be carried to work. Everyone has his/her own journey. Some revel in the fact that they derive that from personal contentment, and others draw it from extreme sorrow.
Abhishek Bachchan -
This is my journey. If I fall, I have to pick myself up. If I'm not getting the playing time I want, it's up to me to figure out why.
Carli Lloyd -
If you want to put out a million CDs and sell them and get them played on the radio, and even videos, or whatever, if that still exists, that kind of muscle can only come from a label like Columbia.
Jack White The White Stripes -
The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.
Isaac Bashevis Singer -
The laws of Nature are written in the language of mathematics.” Math is a way to describe reality and figure out how the world works, a universal language that has become the gold standard of truth. In our world, increasingly driven by science and technology, mathematics is becoming, ever more, the source of power, wealth, and progress. Hence those who are fluent in this new language will be on the cutting edge of progress.
Edward Frenkel -
I had always regarded language as more a question of utility than identity. Therefore, I promptly noted that all the (EU) meetings should be conducted in English and French. My older colleagues laughed. Later I understood why. On the second day of the Finnish presidency (of the EU) a German delegation refused to participate in an informal ministerial meeting because no German interpretation had been arranged.
Alexander Stubb