Tarja Halonen Quotes
European citizens expect that there will be also a fair system inside the European Union and in the euro, and that's why we have to have quite hard discipline.
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President Obama's over in Indonesia when guys like me were at a paper route. President Obama, I don't know what experience he had at that same age when he was in Indonesia. So I think it's hard for him to grasp that America entrepreneurial spirit.
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Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
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I guess I'd love to be surprised by something I had never thought of.
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The president is just the coach of a football team. You need the right support, the right stadium, the right players, the right staff. An excellent coach is not going to win games.
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Raising ambition in 2014 is crucial for arriving at a meaningful climate agreement in 2015.
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Theatre gives you wings as an actor.
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Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality.
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What is needed in the theater, in fact for all our art forms, is a vibrant critical tradition.
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Grass-roots work is not flashy, and rarely celebrated on the national media level, but that is where change begins.
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I have had two knee surgeries on my right knee: that was my jumping leg that I jumped off for years and years.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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One of the first albums that I remember, rap albums I remember really listening to, was LL Cool J 'Mama Said Knock You Out.'
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It's the subtleties of a ballad that truly make it beautiful - and it's all in the way you present it to the listener.
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Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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I've always said that the word 'genius,' especially in Hollywood, is way overused.
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I always wanted to be a comedic actor - that's what I wanted from the job - to do comedy and to create my own comedy. But I still love doing stand-up and will probably be doing it forever. I'd love to be an old guy who can't really walk, can't really stand-up, and I have to sit on the stool and tell jokes.
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Winners never quit and quitters never win.
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I love to rock 'n roll. But my finest suit, of all the things I do, is as a songwriter.
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Having a think about whether you can afford 'this' or 'that' is a good discipline to have, to maximise what you can achieve to the highest standard.
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To observe a profoundly stupid individual can be very enriching, and that's why we should never feel contempt for them.
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Ron Howard is a great filmmaker and also a great storyteller in 60- and 30-minute shows, so why isn't he going to be a great storyteller in 10-minute pieces?
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We are personalities in the making, limited, and grappling with things too high for us. Obviously we, at very best, will make many mistakes, but these mistakes need not be sins.
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Sometimes, when you have someone behind the counter who's supposed to assist you and help you out, just being completely bored and uninterested - sometimes it's a little bit frustrating, you know?
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European citizens expect that there will be also a fair system inside the European Union and in the euro, and that's why we have to have quite hard discipline.
