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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Marriage has made me safer.
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In order to be a perfect member of a flock of sheep, one has to be, foremost, a sheep.
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Big Anya bag - perfect for stuffing papers in for the plane; Ray Bans - in any shape, I'm hooked!
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Because of my flamboyant lifestyle, because of me being German, the way I am, I am the easiest person to sell as a villain. I'm the perfect target.
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If there's anything intolerance can't tolerate, it's ridicule!
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Everything foreign is respected, partly because it comes from afar, partly because it is ready made and perfect.
