Bertrand de Jouvenel Quotes
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The 'army camp' that coordinates the agencies of our brain is vulnerable, both in itself and from within. In effect, he who can know and master its functioning and psychology from outside can become twice its master.
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What was really tough for me was that Lars Magnus Ericsson founded Ericsson in 1876; we've always had a consumer product. And I'm the 16th CEO of Ericsson, and I decided that we don't have any consumer products anymore.
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I've discovered all kinds of music and done all kinds of music over the past 40 years, from playing tango with Piazzolla to all the different bands I've had.
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You can keep the dining room clean by eating in the kitchen.
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My loyalties will not be bound by national borders, or confined in time by one nation's history, or limited in the spiritual dimension by one language and culture. I pledge my allegiance to the damned human race, and my everlasting love to the green hills of Earth, and my intimations of glory to the singing stars, to the very end of space and time.
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What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.
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I hate motorcycles. Because if I hit one, even if it's not my fault, if I've done nothing wrong, I'm not charged with manslaughter, he's gonna die, because he's on a motorcycle. So I have to live my life knowing that I killed this guy.
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Perfection itself is imperfection.
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Even cohabitation has been corrupted - by marriage.
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Man makes god in his own image.
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It only confirms me in my belief that there is no Swaraj without a settlement with the Mussalmans.
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Going first is courageous. I'm just talking on a spirit level now.
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The most common misconception people have had in the past is about my own control and calculation of my career.
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Masculine republics give way to feminine democracies, and feminine democracies give way to tyranny.
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This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongues,Was once thought honest.
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In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road.
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A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation.
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There is a tyranny in the womb of every Utopia.
