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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Big companies have always needed and cooperated in areas where it made sense.
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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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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'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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I love when things are transparent, free and clear of all inhibition and judgement.
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Old Filey lies around the Ravine, a glacial gash running down to Coble Landing. This is the fishing Filey of centuries past, with neat little terraced cottages and a cluster of attractive 18th century houses.
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Wanted has gone into second, third and fourth printings of the individual issues and the north American printings of Wanted #1 are now close to 100,000.
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I feel fortunate to be part of the cooking community. We learn from each other.
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Hope unbelieved is always considered nonsense. But hope believed is history in the process of being changed.
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The thing is, we've changed our style but we've never changed the actual roots of what we've done.
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It seems pointless to be quoted if one isn't going to be quotable ... it's better to be quotable than honest.
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I cried in English, I cried in french, I cried in all the languages, because tears are the same all around the world.
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The ones that were relevant while I wrote my book were books like "Beloved" by Toni Morrison, which is based on a historical fact, "Ragtime" by E.L. Doctorow, and "True History of the Kelly Gang" by Peter Carey.
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I have so much music that I do. Just like how a visual artist is always sketching something but they might not share it, I'm always writing songs or coming up with melodic lines on piano or guitar. It's therapy. It's always happening.
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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.
