Neelie Kroes Quotes
The payment cards industry in Europe remains national and some local players are preventing competition from developing.
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Today's designers don't care if fashion has no relationship to human anatomy.
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When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.
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No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
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I was cast in 'Thor' and I'm cast as a Nordic god. If you know anything about the Nords, they don't look like me but there you go. I think that's a sign of the times for the future. I think we will see multi-level casting. I think we will see that, and I think that's good.
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I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.
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Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.
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I don't know, I like to go on really different types of dates. Going someplace new or some new part of the city, something that's not your average thing. Something where you just go have an adventure together.
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I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.
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Trans people deserve something vital; they deserve your respect. From that respect comes a more compassionate community.
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The thing about dancing - what it taught me all those years - is it gives you an amazing sense of discipline in forcing yourself to do things that you know are good for you but you don't really want to do.
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Every woman has a mother, and every woman will have an issue with that mother and things that mother did or didn't do. It just depends on how you choose to process the lessons that you learned from your own mother.
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If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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Maybe since I was 35 years old it was time to go upstairs.
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When you get the respect of the fans, it's very hard not to be happy.
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No one has approached me about Captain Marvel. But I don't know if I'd even want to play Captain Marvel. I would much rather play a villain and be nasty. It's more fun.
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For me, hour-long drama was always the thing I felt the most comfortable doing, and I've played so many dramatic roles in the theater.
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Donald Trump begins his political career in birtherism. That idea is connected to a very, very old notion that African-Americans are not citizens.
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The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
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When I was a kid, I was fat, and I was teased mercilessly. But once I grew up and got out of my unhealthy relationship with food, for the most part I've had a very healthy view. If I ever find myself getting worried about how I'll look on the red carpet, I'll take a step back and look at what's really going on inside.
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We only have one chance, even if the entire world rests on us.
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I owe a lot to my time on 'House of Cards' because, up until I booked that show, I had been working consistently for 12 years, but I wasn't working on anything that mattered in the way 'House of Cards' did to its audience, to casting directors, to directors and producers. The show hit this sweet spot.
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I had a hard time treating my field as if it's horse racing, putting actors in competition against each other. I see how the industry and the studios feel it's important, but I don't really have a feeling for being in competition. I want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.
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Most of my friends aren't actors - and not one of them is overly impressed with what I do.
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The payment cards industry in Europe remains national and some local players are preventing competition from developing.
