Lucas Papademos Quotes
I am not a politician but I have dedicated the biggest part of my professional life to economic policy both in Greece and Europe.
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There is a huge reservoir of support for abortion rights from ordinary women. I hear all the time from women who had abortions and say it made possible the good life they went on to have. Social shaming silences too many.
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I think the meaning of abortion is what the woman says it is: For a woman who wants a child but can't have this one, it can be sad; for a woman who doesn't want a baby, it can feel like a huge relief, like having your whole life given back to you.
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I have played Blair Cramer for 20 years, I feel a personal investment in the success of 'One Life to Live.' I love the show, I'm a fan of the characters, and I have invested in the journey these fictional characters have traveled.
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As far as control and stuff is concerned, I never had any more in my life than for that All-Star game in 1934.
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I read the Steve Jobs book, and that kind of changed everything. I've been, like, an Apple geek my whole life and have always seen him as a hero. But reading the book, and learning about how he built the company, and maintaining that corporate culture and all that, I think that influenced me a lot.
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When you lose your mother at 20 and then your father soon after, melancholia is part of your life.
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I think how Chicago plays a role in my life - it had such a role in my youth and the decisions that I made as a kid and formulated who I am as an artist early on.
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If you live only in one culture for the first 20 years of your life, you become conditioned without knowing it.
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Each time I seem to go through one of life's huge things, I want to play music.
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Readers of novels often fall into the bad habit of being overly exacting about the characters' moral flaws. They apply to these fictional beings standards that no one they know in real life could possibly meet.
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Remember, if you want to love your life and live it to the fullest, don't let the sun go down on your anger. If you don't have a solution to the issue, agree to disagree and focus on the importance of the relationship.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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I like to look for patterns in science and life. It's what I do.
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I've been angst-ridden all my life, but finally I'm in a place where things don't matter so much.
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Be aware of who in your life is actually interested in hearing you discuss your writing, and who's just asking to be polite. Listening to writers talk about their work is often excruciatingly dull.
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I love karaoke. I love maudlin country ballads. In another life, I'd be Loretta Lynn.
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I've got a clear line between work and real life.
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I've participated in many demonstrations since I was a child. When I was at medical college, I was fighting King Farouk, then British colonization, against Nasser, against Sadat who pushed me into prison, Mubarak who pushed me into exile. I never stopped.
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Howie Epstein was a kind, patient, and extremely talented musician. He took two years out of his life and dedicated his undivided attention to the making of two of my records. Those records changed my life thanks to Howie.
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There's no great mystery to acting. It's a very simple thing to do but you have to work hard at it. It's about asking questions and using your imagination.
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You won't believe it, but for the first two years of our marriage I lived off my wife. Like every self-respecting man, I hated it.
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Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne.
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Don't be fool's, don't be complacent, and stop being apathetic.
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I am not a politician but I have dedicated the biggest part of my professional life to economic policy both in Greece and Europe.
