Andrei Lankov Quotes
It has often been suggested that Chinese-style, market-oriented reforms are the solution to the North Korean problem.
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We have a problem. 'Congratulations.' But it's a tough problem. 'Then double congratulations.'
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Many people have said we just need to add more products. Look at Oracle, look at SAP. Add ERP and inventory or compensation. Add all this stuff. What we realized is we're the customer company. We're the front office solution, and our customers would be really upset if we just added a whole bunch of stuff and lost focus.
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We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible and invented selection tests for personnel who had a superior ability to recognize sound in a noisy background.
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Sexual harassment at work... is it a problem for the self-employed?
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Painting was a problem - you produce a thing, and then you sell it and get money, and that was quickly considered totally uncool.
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The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.
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If you have a solution to immigration, it is possible to come home and defend it.
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If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
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I wanted to make good records. But my problem is I've got a low boredom threshold, so I wanted it to look and sound different with each album, which is really tantamount to suicide, cause people lose it, they lose it - they say: 'I like that, and that's not this.'
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Early on, in discussions of financial oversight, people would say, 'Well, this is a very complicated problem, therefore it requires a complicated solution.' And at that step, I would say, 'Well, wait a minute. Just because it's a complicated problem doesn't mean the best course of action immediately is one that's complicated.'
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The fact is that there is a serious problem of extremism with minority groups within Muslim communities.
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The problem with certainty is that sometimes it can sound cold and heartless, although it is the most compassionate and supportive answer.
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I think the real problem is that nobody buys albums anymore, so you don't get the depth of the artists that are out today. What you get is whatever they felt is politically correct to get on there and actually make some impact. I think that's where you're losing your depth. You're only getting the very top of everything. It really bothers me.
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The problem is that rap is so often a caricature of its own image. Nobody comes to the table with the seriousness of the effect that it can have; nobody is prepared for that.
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I'm in fact Australian but my mother's English so I've got no problem playing a domineering English woman.
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I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.
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Veganism is an answer for almost every problem facing the world in terms of hunger and climate change.
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When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
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If a problem is too difficult to solve, one cannot claim that it is solved by pointing at all the efforts made to solve it.
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The big problem with songwriting for me is starting a new song. It's the thing where all the anguish exists, not in the writing of the song, but the starting of the new song.
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I think I've found a purpose in acting; it's something I truly love and truly enjoy. It makes me happy. It makes me understand more about life, in front of the camera, than what I'm living beyond the camera.
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Helping convene global stakeholders to establish a set of measurable, actionable and consensus-built goals focused on extreme poverty is invaluable.
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It has often been suggested that Chinese-style, market-oriented reforms are the solution to the North Korean problem.
