Ursula von der Leyen Quotes
Europe must be able to act independently precisely in the areas where Europe must act independently.
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There's a lot of skeletons in my closet, but I know what they're wearing. I'm not gonna act all ashamed of it.
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I was always told at school that you had to have a back-up plan, but all I ever wanted to do was act. There was no plan B for me.
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Debauchery is perhaps an act of despair in the face of infinity.
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We must first and foremost defend Hungary's independence and sovereignty, and, if needed, we must regain it.
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If something is personal to you, you are much more likely to act.
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The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis.
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If a person is treated like a patient, they are apt to act like one.
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'But,' say the puling, pusillanimous cowards, 'we shall be subject to a long and bloody war if we declare independence.' On the contrary, I affirm it the only step that can bring the contest to a speedy and happy issue.
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How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.
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I went to Yugoslavia to make a movie. People saw me there and asked me to do a movie in Germany. And that led to a movie in Italy. Before I knew it, I was in Europe for most of the next 10 years.
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The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves.
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I want to emphasize the fact that the independence of Kosovo should and will be recognized.
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I know this independence is what people like most about my brand.
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But actors should act. You should see them most often rather than just not.
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If Europe's outer border is not blocked off, it makes no sense to speak of quotas.
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When Californians see something we truly believe in, we say so and act accordingly - without evasiveness or equivocation.
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We are protecting Europe according to European rules that say borders can be crossed only in certain areas in a controlled way and after registration.
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Comedy was why I got into acting the first place. Peter Sellers was a huge influence on my wanting to act. I grew up with him and found him hysterical. The Pink Panther films were an inspiration, from my earliest childhood days, when I was watching them with my brother and my dad.
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When I've seen my operas in Europe, they have always struck me as more American than when I hear them here. I can't tell you what that phenomenon is.
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There's still people who think me being married to a sista is an act. What, you think I'd make that up for a persona?
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You hear certain things, negative things, all the time that aren't true, but you never hear about the positive.
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As the twentieth century began, science equaled a materialistic worldview. As the twenty-first century began, the worldview of science, at least of physics and astronomy, may have traded place with that of religion. Consider Einstein's famous equation E = mc2. Nothing of matter dies but continues on in another form, elsewhere. The church divines and theologians for two thousand years have devised arguments and "proofs" of immortality but nothing equal to this.
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I'm fascinated by the emergence of a global class. They're highly mobile; they reject the idea of place.
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Europe must be able to act independently precisely in the areas where Europe must act independently.
