Alisher Usmanov Quotes
Patronage during the Renaissance was considered quite a responsible affair. Philanthropists supported artists, believed in them and never allowed themselves to interfere directly with the creative process of people of art. I myself profess similar principles in the field of cooperation with outstanding cultural figures.
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Captain Cook discovered Australia looking for the Terra Incognita. Christopher Columbus thought he was finding India but discovered America. History is full of events that happened because of an imaginary tale.
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I never thought I'd live this long. It sounds funny because I still think of myself as a kid.
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Obviously, you get to do a lot of great things and cool opportunities at the Super Bowl. But at the end of the day, we all want to be here as a player. That's the goal, and that's why I work so dang hard.
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I want to live in a place where strangers rush to help someone in distress.
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While I was boxing professionally, I never thought about my looks. The furthest thing from my mind was 'messing up my pretty face' when I was on my way to the ring to meet my opponent. Yet, people I'd meet along the way would always ask me if I was worried about my looks. Then they would go on to say that I was 'too pretty to box.'
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No CEO ever says, 'Damnit, we need to increase research!' I want to encourage them to do that.
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Instead of going out, I'm trying to encourage people to have a memorable experience in their own home. We call it 'Delicioso Night In.' I invite the people I care about the most. Then, when I get a lot of people together, I like to have finger foods.
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Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.
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Everyone knows nowadays that people 'have complexes'. What is not so well known, though far more important theoretically, is that complexes can have us.
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With 'Trainwreck,' because it wasn't live and we could do more takes, I feel like we broke a lot.
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When I'm at school, I usually put my hair up. High pony, side pony, or a bun, I like my hair out of my face.
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When I earnt my first money, I went to a shop and bought jeans and a top. But then I wore them both for such a long time that finally my model agency said, 'You should buy something else!' I was saving the money because it was the first time I'd ever had any.
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There is a big difference between an honest mistake made in a moment of spiritual weakness and a willfull decision to disobey persistently the commandments of God. Those who deliberately choose to violate God's commandments or ignore the standards of the Church, even when promising themselves and others that someday they will be strong enough to repent, are stepping into a dangerously slippery slope upon which many have lost their spiritual footing.
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I filled my sketchbook with drawings, very much as any educated girl of my generation might have kept a diary.
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Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life.
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NATO is ready to intervene if the situation requires.
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I know a lot about Jewish comedians.
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I see life as increasingly complex, vivid, colorful, crazy, chaotic. That's the world I write about...the world I live in.
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If Britain pursues a more independent foreign policy, it might be possible then. And if it is guided by commitments to its allies and considers this to be of a bigger national interest than its cooperation with Russia, so be it.
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Exchanging of unfriendly statements, rejecting any possibility of cooperation and interaction in combating terror, especially in Syria and so on and so forth. So it's not something that contributes to global stability and security.
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Patronage during the Renaissance was considered quite a responsible affair. Philanthropists supported artists, believed in them and never allowed themselves to interfere directly with the creative process of people of art. I myself profess similar principles in the field of cooperation with outstanding cultural figures.
