Georges Pompidou Quotes
A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.
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When I was 10 years old, that nuclear spark hit me. Whatever it may be, I really don't know what it was about nuclear science, but whatever it was that triggered that interest, it stuck. I went after that one with a passion.
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A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.
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Coming out was crucial to changing attitudes about gays and lesbians: will people feel differently about abortion if they know their mother, their aunt, or their friend had one?
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The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring to action.
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A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.
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Big companies have always needed and cooperated in areas where it made sense.
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I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.
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Once you get into a part, and someone sees you, you get asked to do it again.
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When I did 'Unforgettable,' it wasn't appropriate for us to take liberties with that music. There had to be kind of a fine line between what had made it so great and the fact that a woman was singing it. We changed some of the arrangements, but not too much.
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One could say that in case of need, every normal and healthy woman is able to hold a position. And there is no profession which cannot be practiced by a woman.
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I set our house on fire when I was a little child playing with lighters. Boy, did I burn the place down!
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I didn't know anybody in show business, and I never thought it was the path I'd go down. I was hoping it was sports, like so many kids.
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Is it possible to have negative self-awareness?
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If a child finds no stimuli for the activities which would contribute to his development, he is attracted simply to 'things' and desires to posses them.
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The future starts now.
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From my earliest memories, I loved the farm. My grandfather was a charter subscriber to Rodale's Organic Gardening and Farming Magazine and had a huge, well kept garden with an octagonal chicken house in the corner.
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I've realized that I owe people a look behind the scenes of my own story, because I don't think anyone can have a true understanding of the music without an insight into where it came from.
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I'm more of a handbag girl; my guilty pleasure is bags. I don't even have a clue how many I own.
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The farmers are older; they are under financial stress to produce more margins, yet they keep getting less.
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The 'Bolton News' is the best place for online comments. They say I'm an absolute idiot and a communist anarchist. I was never an anarchist; I was a communist!
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I rang room service, and asked for a bottle of Perrier, because while I was asleep someone had come in and carpeted my throat.
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It's our right as a sovereign nation to choose immigrants that we think are the likeliest to thrive and flourish and love us.
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I would like to thank Reince Priebus for his service and dedication to his country. We accomplished a lot together and I am proud of him!
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A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.
