Roger Federer Quotes
Once you find that peace, that place of peace and quiet, harmony and confidence, that's when you start playing your best.
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Of course, I have given my engineers some headaches over the years, but they go with me. I have always wanted my buildings to be as light as possible, to touch the ground gently, to swoop and soar, and to surprise.
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Stardom happens - you can't plan it - it's destiny, and you shouldn't stand between you and your destiny. I'm letting my destiny play its part, and I go by my gut feeling. If I like my role, I say yes; if I don't, I just refuse, as simple as that.
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I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes.
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It's kind of fun to be sexy.
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I would say colonialism is a wonderful thing. It spread civilization to Africa. Before it they had no written language, no wheel as we know it, no schools, no hospitals, not even normal clothing.
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I didn't want there to be a computer on stage. When I see people with computers on stage, I think, 'Are you sending e-mail?' That's so corny.
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My Welsh grandmother Mair didn't meet my grandfather until she was 28, quite old to be unmarried in the early '40s.
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This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes; I make mistakes. With more than 50 years as a journalist, I have at least had the opportunity to blow more stories, make more mistakes than maybe anybody in television.
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Luxury lives in the finer details. It's a cloth napkin at a dinner table. It's a mint on your pillow before bed.
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It's a huge step up from the European Indoors to then being a gold medallist at the World Championships.
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A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.
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Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.
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The words of the world want to make sentences.
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I think if you're forthright and answer a lot of questions, sometimes you'll get people who won't let you answer the questions, and that makes for a difficult answer.
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Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism; it is an important part of promoting peace.
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The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.
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If out of reading this book you get just one thing-an increased tendency to think always in terms of other people’s point of view, and see things from their angle-if you get that one thing out of this book, it may easily prove to be one of the building blocks of your career.
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I love 'Husbands and Wives,' Woody Allen's movie. It's like one of my all-time favorites. I could watch it over and over again.
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On n'exporte pas la démocratie dans un fourgon blindé.
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It is a curious quirk of human nature that some people can see opportunities, while others only see problems.
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There's all these ways to instantly communicate - cars, computers, telephone and transportation - and even with all that, it's so hard to find people and have an honest communication with them.
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Anytime I've ever been involved in a non-linear story, you see it in a linear manner first, just to make sure it makes sense, and then you chop it up and move it around.
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Once you find that peace, that place of peace and quiet, harmony and confidence, that's when you start playing your best.
