Andris Piebalgs Quotes
Europe needs a clear and more collective policy on the security of our energy supply. Now, powers reside at the national level and we need a Europe-wide approach.
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I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.
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I was very good in all the maths and sciences.
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There is no one looking out for us. We are all alone.
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My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.
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Fame can be annoying, but there are perks too.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
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We are never racist against somebody who is very far away. I don't know any racism against the Eskimos. To have a racist feeling, there must be an other who is slightly different from us - but is living close to us.
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I'm a big routine guy. I have to have everything in threes.
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Sort of like, I have to make the Japanese lyrics really deep.
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Either you live by the barometer of the music critics, or you live by your own. I choose the latter.
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Those whose character is mean and vicious will rouse others to animosity against them.
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I think Hollywood has seen what fandom can do for a project. You can definitely see that when you go to Comic-con.
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I confess to loving a good murder mystery - anything by Scott Turow or John Grisham. Maybe it's a holdover from my days as a criminal prosecutor in Seattle.
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The shining star in the world is Shanghai. That's what CEOs from big companies say - 'if I want mathematical analytical work done, it's done in China.'
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My mother was a union member. She was a mail carrier, a rural mail carrier. She called herself a 'postal packin' grandma' for a good period of time.
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The criteria of art are the imponderable, the immeasurable.
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My death scene in 'The Salton Sea' is really weird. I mean, I get shot in the head. What experience can you possibly draw from? There's nothing you can compare it to, really.
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I thought I would, you know, go to college, get to law school, finish, and then get a job and work as a lawyer, but that proved to be not a good fit for me.
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When you notice light seeping into your coffin, it's hard to go on pretending that you're still dead.
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There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs.
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I'm definitely someone who enjoys life and wakes up with a ball of energy.
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Europe needs a clear and more collective policy on the security of our energy supply. Now, powers reside at the national level and we need a Europe-wide approach.
