Dalia Grybauskaite Quotes
Some countries need extra stimulus in specific areas. Something has to be done against high youth unemployment in Greece and Spain, for example. But in the end, there is no way around it: The debt levels have to come down.
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Being evil is easy.
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Just because you're of the same sex, what difference does it make? Get married to whomever you want.
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I owe it all to Jesus.
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People try to change too much at once and it becomes overwhelming, and they end up falling off the program. So gradually changing bad habits makes much more of a difference than trying to change them all at once.
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I am going to confront the old-fashioned negative thinking which says that all government needs to do to generate growth is cut worker and environmental protections, cut taxes on the rich and stroke 'fat cats' until they purr with pleasure. I'm completely repudiating the idea that government has to get out of the way.
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At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at the moment in which England was the global superpower the subject of British power appeared not to interest most writers.
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I know it's silly, but I still think I'm 28.
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It's so weird that I play this woman who pretty much deals with violence on a daily basis, and I'm such a wimp in who I am.
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For many families, gift-giving is a major source of stress - the relentless commercialism, the whining demands, the financial pressure.
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We can't compete with Mel Gibson, but we figured we could do our part.
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The problem is that too often the only people who can act don’t want change. Power doesn’t so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.
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Bookstore boss: to Mo The self-service kiosks have enabled us to cut down on staff, but some customers still feel the need to speak to an actual human. That's where you come in.Customer: Excuse me, do you carry Jewish New Year cards?Boss: I'm sorry, our New Years cards don't come in till November. But we'll be getting Jewish Christmas cards then, too!
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Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.
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The pain of childbirth is not remembered. It's the child that's remembered.
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The people I respect the least are the ones that take themselves way too seriously.
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Nothing personal; I just don't have people over.
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I think I'm a bit like Ishmael in 'Moby Dick': a story teller and an observer in his own crisis.
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I'm part Bridget Jones, part Larry David. I'm shy; I'm prude.
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I'd been involved with stand-up before improv, so I already thought highly of myself as being a funny person. I never thought I wasn't funny.
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From what I see, people of color are being called on in a different way. We're being heard in a different way - louder. And I think it's such an exciting time. The power structure is being redefined, and we're redefining beauty with the stories that we're telling and the women we're showing on our covers.
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I am willing to serve my country, but do not wish to sacrifice the brave men under my command.
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All music is based on country music. And that's why so many different kinds of people relate to it. There are more country music fans in New Jersey than there are down South.
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I think daily that the country's future is being thrown to the wind.
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Some countries need extra stimulus in specific areas. Something has to be done against high youth unemployment in Greece and Spain, for example. But in the end, there is no way around it: The debt levels have to come down.
