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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I try to write every day, preferably first thing in the morning. Of course, there are days when something happens to interfere with this ideal schedule. Then I try to find time later in the day. I usually work at home, but sometimes, for a change I'll go to a library or a cafe. And I like to read poetry before I sit down to write.
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I consider myself very lucky, essentially - I was put into a pop group even though my musical taste was very niche before.
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The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
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I think love is often a bit selfish, even before we had consumerism. That's not new. A consumer society gives you the illusion of having massive amounts of choice and saddles you with the freedom of being able to dabble in that choice. And at the same time, you are left with the tyranny of self-doubt and uncertainty about whether you made the right choice.
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I think to be cut off from your heart is the greatest tyranny in the world.
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There is a tyranny in the womb of every Utopia.
