Engelbert Humperdinck Quotes
Eventually, when I recorded Release Me, it sort of stamped my style, and I've followed in that vein ever since.
Quotes to Explore
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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
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It is impossible to divide the interest of a country and a company that works on its soil.
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I'm not against technology, but all tools should be used to their best advantage. We should be spending our time on things that have staying power, instead of on the latest thought of the latest blogger - and then moving on quickly to the next blogger.
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The first thing I look at is, 'Is the entrepreneur going after really big problems, to the extent that it feels scary when they talk about it?' You wonder if the idea is possible. I have seen that a lot of times, people go after small problems, and that's a sign that they are not confident.
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When it comes to power, God Himself is the power. God often uses foolish things to confound the wise. That is why people like me will ever be grateful to God. In terms of knowledge, education and name, I am nowhere - a neglected stone.
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You can be lonely when you have a guy living with you.
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I'm a cynic about corporate democracy and boards.
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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I don't like a lot of rehearsing.
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When we do an investment, we always ask, 'Can we affect the outcome? When buying a company, can we have an impact?' That's a different style of investing than a passive investor in the stock market. To me, that's how you're taking the risk out of it. You know what your capability is and how you can enhance value.
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We have no quarrel with a policy that seeks to support human rights.
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The holy book is implanted in the hearts and minds of all the Muslims. Humiliation of the holy book represents the humiliation of our people.
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I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet.
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You can disagree without being disagreeable. That's always been my mantra.
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For the stage displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without conspicuous restraint, of private individuality.
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True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is.
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You're going to change as you grow older, and that messes up a lot of relationships.
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A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game.
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Ambition is a very dangerous thing because either you achieve it and your life ends prematurely, or you don't, in which case your life is a constant source of disappointment. You must never have ambition.
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In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.
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The pace of television is very different from film.
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Jim Henson was the only piece of fan mail I ever wrote when I was a little kid.
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I want to provoke people with thoughts, not by taking my clothes off. It's time to move on from Stripperville.
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Eventually, when I recorded Release Me, it sort of stamped my style, and I've followed in that vein ever since.
