Ellen MacArthur Quotes
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The old bastions of the post-communist regime collapsed before my very eyes. The monsters who had kept Ukraine in a criminal state left the stage.
Yulia Tymoshenko -
I do sometimes wonder if people think, 'Oh we'll have her because she cries well.' The odd thing is I don't really know where it comes from. If the script is good, I find I can usually cry without too much trouble - in fact, the hard thing is trying to get me to stop. But I'm not really a crier in real life. I'm not a dramatic person, you see.
Olivia Colman -
The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.
Umberto Eco -
It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.
Haile Gebrselassie -
I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the wife that nobody ought to talk while she was reading.
Vera Brittain -
Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top.
Orlando Bloom
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When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French.
LaToya Jackson -
I just try to direct in a way that interests me. And, hopefully, other people will find it compelling.
Lonny Price -
We need to take a leaf out of nature's book. Any species that clones itself will eventually be attacked by a parasite, leading to an inevitable population crash.
Daniel Suarez -
When there's an adult person who's scaring you, you grow up pretty quickly.
Alan Cumming -
I invented rock & roll. Jimi Hendrix was my guitar player. James Brown was my vocalist.
Little Richard -
I will just think, why am I singing? Then I will know everything I need to know about what I'm feeling.
Bellamy Young
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I've seen how important this concept is in business. To be truly successful, companies need to have a corporate mission that is bigger than making a profit. We try to follow that at salesforce.com, where we give 1% of our equity, 1% of our profits, and 1% of our employees' time to the community. By integrating philanthropy into our business model our employees feel that they do much more than just work at our company. By sharing a common and important mission, we are united and focused, and have found a secret weapon that ensures we always win.
Marc Benioff -
Most REAL change is slow. Happiness and joy are the purpose of life. If we know that the future will be very dark or painful, then we lose our determination to live. Therefore, life is something based on hope.
Dalai Lama -
Weirdism is definitely the cornerstone of many an artist's career.
E. A. Bucchianeri -
One must first learn to live oneself before one blames others.
Fyodor Dostoevsky -
We will have a new Taylor album in October. The record is genius. I can't wait for the fans to hear it.
Scott Borchetta -
The myth-making machine is the mimetic contagion that disappears behind the myth it generates.
Rene Girard
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On the taxing of banks, we have to find the level at which they squeal but still pay and open up the next day.
Viktor Orban -
Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your reputation. Be not apt to relate news, if you know not the truth thereof. Speak no evil of the absent, for it is unjust. Undertake not what you cannot perform, but be careful to keep your promise. There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth, and pursue it steadily. Nothing but harmony, honesty, industry and frugality are necessary to make us a great and happy nation.
George Washington -
The transatlantic record is there and that's something I'll be aiming for.
Ellen MacArthur