Margrethe Vestager Quotes
Most politicians are either generalists or specialists. It's very rare that a politician is both.
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Turn your attention for a while away from the worries and anxieties. Remind yourself of all your many blessings.
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In terms of Hurricane Sandy, I really do see some hopeful grassroots responses, particularly in the Rockaways, where people were very organized right from the beginning, where Occupy Sandy was very strong, where new networks emerged.
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In the years leading up to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, thinking about defense was driven by ideas that regarded successful military operations as ends in themselves rather than just one instrument of power that must be coordinated with others to achieve - and sustain - political goals.
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It's very difficult to raise money, especially in the United States, for independent movies.
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I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right.
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I think growing up in New York, you see so much at such a young age, there's no bubble to escape into.
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There is a vast quantity of religion current in the world which is not true, genuine Christianity. It passes muster, it satisfies sleepy consciences; but it is not good money. It is not the authentic reality that called itself Christianity in the beginning.
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TV news is what you want it to be, and if you want it to be different, take a look at what you watch.
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We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism.
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My family is full of musicians, and a couple of times a year we get together and jam at my cousin's studio. We improvise and have a great time.
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Liberation cannot be desired because desire is the bondage. When you are desireless, you are liberated.
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The language of communication will always need to be renewed.
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I sacrificed to the mania of the age, which is to overload things. My modeling is there, the eloquence of the gesture also. The rest would only spoil the essential things. It is a stroke of genius. I am going to write to the under-secretary of state that my monument is ready.
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My God, I have almost never believed in you, and yet I have always loved you.
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I felt that I could look back on my life and think about lots of folks that I helped become better folks. And I've tried to be as good a man as I could be.
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You read constantly that banks are lobbying regulators and elected officials as if this is inappropriate. We don't look at it that way.
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Unfortunately, the Republican leadership in the House right now seems to have been strangled by the tea party.
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Some of the perceptions from my professors were that I was less than or that I wouldn't be able to compete or wouldn't be able to meet the same bar as my peers. I don't want that for my daughter or for any of the girls who come into our program.
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I don't really know what a cyclotron is but I am certainly very happy Canada has one!
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Hate is perhaps the most dynamic of all emotions - fear may immobilize, love may stay the hand, but hate urges to action.
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If we are any good we must always be working towards the moment at which our Pupils are fit to become our Critics & Rivals
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My appeal to the rich is, Deal liberally with your poor brethren, and use your means to advance the cause of God. The worthy poor, who are made poor by misfortune and sickness, deserve your especial care and help.
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Being gifted intellectually is only a small part of the equation of success. Concentrate on the factors you have control over: persistence, self-discipline, confidence. Far more failures are due to lack of will than lack of ability.
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Most politicians are either generalists or specialists. It's very rare that a politician is both.
