Ursula von der Leyen Quotes

This WorldHealthDay we celebrate and honour healthcare workers, who are our first line of defence against the #coronavirus. Your work has been relentless, courageous and critical in saving lives. We want you to feel safe and stay well. For that you need protection.

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• Let a hundred flowers bloom.

  

  Mao Zedong
  • Flowers
  • Hundred
  • Bloom

• In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.

  

  Park Chan-wook
  • People
  • Opinion
  • Violence

• Widely distributed reports have noted in January 1968, Obama was registered as a Muslim at Jakarta's Roman Catholic Franciscus Assisi Primary School under the name Barry Soetoro.

  

  Aaron Klein
  • School
  • Name
  • Catholic

• I always have bananas with me for energy.

  

  Samantha Bond
  • Energy
  • Always
  • Bananas

• My experience is that's rare - that you have a script that is... what they call 'film-ready.'

  

  Laura Linney
  • Experience
  • You
  • Rare

• Customer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD. All customer expectations are only what you and your competitor have led him to expect. He knows nothing else.

  

  W. Edwards Deming
  • You
  • Light
  • Expectations

• Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.

  

  Octavio Paz
  • Different
  • Writing
  • Universe

• Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.

  

  Fran Lebowitz
  • Life
  • You
  • Sleep

• I don't worry about whether I'm making a masterpiece, because I know that if you get just one of those in a lifetime, you should get down on your knees and say 'Thank you!'

  

  Malcolm McDowell
  • Know
  • Worry
  • Thank You

• I would say that awards are for children. Because children need a tangible representation of their achievement. And as adults, you have to settle for the respect and admiration of your peers.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Children
  • You
  • Respect

• I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • Trying
  • Business
  • Job

• Fuseproject was founded in 1999, and the notion behind it, which is alive and kicking today, is fusing different disciplines. Our teams are absolutely incredible at their own discipline, but most importantly, they're incredible at partnering with each other.

  

  Yves Behar
  • Different
  • Today
  • Discipline

• The pop musicians often leave meaning in the dust and substitute it for cartoons. The deeper artists - the grunge artists in the world and the emoticon people - tend to leave all of the happiness out of life like it just doesn't exist.

  

  Hal Sparks
  • People
  • Life
  • World

• I have an obsession with mortality. I saw a friend die when I was 18, and I can't get over it.

  

  Talulah Riley
  • Die
  • Friend
  • Obsession

• I adore the designer B. Michael's curve-flattering gowns, but there is nothing better than jeans with a crisp white shirt.

  

  Tamara Tunie
  • Better
  • White
  • Jeans

• I don't smoke marijuana anymore. I don't drink. Marijuana is a handicap. So is alcohol. Alcohol is a terrible handicap. But in spite of being a handicap, it shouldn't be criminal.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Drink
  • Alcohol
  • Smoke

• Anyone in public life who comes out, comes out primarily for themselves, and their life is immediately improved. That's what happened to me.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • Life
  • Me
  • Public

• I always feel that I compete with myself.

  

  Rakul Preet Singh
  • Myself
  • Always
  • Feel

• I give 110 per cent all the time.

  

  Caroline Wozniacki
  • Time

• I really do not see why there is not a splendid field for good work on the music hall stage, and if I did not have my own theatre taking up my time, I should rather like to go into it.

  

  Lady Gregory
  • Up
  • Time
  • Good

• In my twenties, I was obsessed with what other people thought of me. In my thirties, it's about my children, my husband, my work. In my forties, it's going to be about me, and I shan't care what anyone else thinks. I can't wait!

  

  Jasmine Guinness
  • People
  • Work
  • Children

• It's like I was always not quite sure even how to move in space somehow; I would watch people and then copy them. I found it really hard to walk straight. My brother was always on at me for walking off the pavement. I guess I always expected people to bring me back into line.

  

  Binyavanga Wainaina
  • People
  • Space
  • Brother

• This WorldHealthDay we celebrate and honour healthcare workers, who are our first line of defence against the #coronavirus. Your work has been relentless, courageous and critical in saving lives. We want you to feel safe and stay well. For that you need protection.

  

  Ursula von der Leyen
  • Work
  • Health care
  • Courageous