Neelie Kroes Quotes

Art enriches itself by eliminating artificial barriers between people such as borders between countries.

Neelie Kroes

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• I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • Learned
  • Dangerous
  • Drive

• 'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.

  

  Ian McShane
  • Heart
  • Place
  • Special

• I am not Shakespeare or Hemingway, but I have written stories on tennis that were brilliant.

  

  Ion Tiriac
  • Stories
  • Tennis
  • Brilliant

• Lyrics are so important, I hate every second of writing them, but it's something I take great pride in when it's finished.

  

  Nate Ruess Fun.
  • Great
  • Important
  • Writing

• Any competent actor could have done what I did.

  

  Larry Hovis
  • Done
  • Actor
  • Did

• I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.

  

  Lana Turner
  • Always
  • Picture
  • Start

• The results showed that Joe Mokoena and I had made history. For the first time in the history of education in South Africa, two African students had passed the JC with a First Class degree, regarded as a rare achievement for any student.

  

  Oliver Tambo
  • Time
  • History
  • Education

• Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.

  

  Abraham Cahan
  • World
  • Good
  • Reality

• I love bayou life.

  

  Parker Posey
  • Life
  • Love
  • I Love

• Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.

  

  Hailey Gates
  • Fashion
  • Unique
  • Leveler

• My view is that while you do occasionally have differences you ought to have a process where you can sit down and talk about things. How else do you solve problems?

  

  Arthur Daniel Miller
  • Problems
  • Process
  • Down

• I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Career
  • Learning
  • Beginning

• As a little kid, I watched hip hop get created. So it's an honour for me to represent the Bronx, the motherland of hip hop.

  

  Fat Joe
  • Kid
  • Created
  • Represent

• If you don't like what you do, you're probably dragging your feet.

  

  Victor Koo
  • You
  • Like
  • Feet

• I normally don't listen to my instincts because I'm so full of doubt.

  

  Victoria Pendleton
  • Doubt
  • Listen
  • Instincts

• Today, I marvel at the vegan foods in the supermarket, at the cruelty-free clothing choices in stores, and at the fantastic alternatives to dissection in schools, the modern ways to test medicines without killing rabbits and beagles, the many forms of entertainment involving purely human performers.

  

  Ingrid Newkirk
  • Today
  • Free
  • Choices

• I like to take writing retreats within a day's drive of home. Less travel time means more time for writing, which is the name of the game here.

  

  Kate Klise
  • Time
  • Writing
  • Home

• A lot of these American actors have this - in my view - misplaced view that they have to look like Action Man. The trouble is, they all run the risk of being interchangeable.

  

  Damian Lewis
  • American
  • Man
  • Action

• We're in this incredible age where new brands are making people's lives easier, more convenient, more personalized.

  

  Aileen Lee
  • People
  • Age

• I do chores around the house, but I don't get an allowance for them. I wash the dishes and sweep the floor... I'm sweeping the floor quite a lot, and my mum always expects me to get a broom and swagger it across the floor all the time.

  

  Callan McAuliffe
  • Time
  • House
  • Me

• I'm trying to grow more as a journalist and understand the story I'm photographing in order to communicate it in a better way.

  

  Daniel Berehulak
  • Trying

• When you become a band and you've got people who want to be a part of your experience or want to get close to you for what you are, not who you are, you have that challenge of trying to find out who's genuine.

  

  Zac Hanson Hanson
  • People
  • Trying
  • Experience

• You can change the entire feel and look of a company by making people realize that they’re not empowered to say no. They’re empowered to say “yes, if.” It changes the bureaucracy, the culture, the passion, the purpose, it changes everything.

  

  Ajaypal Singh Banga
  • People
  • Company
  • Say

• Art enriches itself by eliminating artificial barriers between people such as borders between countries.

  

  Neelie Kroes
  • People
  • Art
  • Countries