Baltasar Gracian Quotes
Everything foreign is respected, partly because it comes from afar, partly because it is ready made and perfect.
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Life is not easy for anyone. You have to have ups and downs. You can make mistakes. You learn and try not to make them again. That's pretty much my principle.
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It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.
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We need a wireless mobile device ecosystem that mirrors the PC/Internet ecosystem, one where the consumers' purchase of network capacity is separate from their purchase of the hardware and software they use on that network. It will take government action, or some disruptive technology or business innovation, to get us there.
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I grew up in Cyprus and Egypt, these fantastic places I remember fondly.
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I asked my parents for permission to study in America and they were so sure that I wouldn't get in and get a scholarship that they encouraged me to try. So I applied to Yale and got an excellent scholarship. I then worked for the Boston Consulting Group for six and half years.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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Keep your debt low, and ask, Can your operational expertise make an impact? Then you're taking away a lot of the risk.
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If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture - not only national culture but global culture.
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I watched so many movies when I was a kid, and I'd watch them over and over.
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Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.
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It's actually harder to write a fun song.
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As prime minister, I changed Israel's position on peace negotiations. I made it clear that we are ready to go along with Resolution 242 of the U.N. Security Council, which specifies withdrawal to secure and recognized boundaries in the context of peace.
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It's weird, because the ideas in my songs aren't controversial to me. I feel like I should be able to sing about anything.
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I am an advocate of education. It is the panacea for all that ails us in our society.
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The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.
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When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times.
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Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.
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When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French.
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Casting Captain America is really casting two roles... Steve Rogers before and after the transformation from 98 pound weakling to perfect physical specimen. I can't divulge how we're going to do it, but the performance will be Chris Evans from beginning to end.
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I do believe it is important to be future-ready with a portfolio to be able to deal with however the market evolves. This is better than just forecasting accurately but in having the weapons ready to deal with the uncertainties.
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I never had any backlash from the model-turned-actor thing.
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All things considered, if you're going to miss one film this year, make it Vanilla Sky.
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Everything foreign is respected, partly because it comes from afar, partly because it is ready made and perfect.
