Margrethe Vestager Quotes
If you're successful in the market, it should be because you have the best products. Then your customers like you, not because then you cut corners, or you get a tax break, or you don't inform authorities about how things actually are.
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As long as I am nothing but a ghost of the civil dead, I can do nothing.
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Ever since Romanticism, an oppositional mode, artists have the right, and indeed the duty, to attack social convention. But it is ridiculous and in fact self-infantilizing for them to expect to be financially supported by the general public whom they are insulting.
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Yes, it's annoying that Hamlet doesn't kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, but if he did kill his stepfather ten minutes into the play, there wouldn't be a play. He has to be annoying, if you will, and not do what would be the thing to do.
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Fear is the passion of slaves.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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We are quite rich enough to defend ourselves, whatever the cost. We must now learn that we are quite rich enough to educate ourselves as we need to be educated.
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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
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A fair observer only has to ask: If there is violence, who profits?
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TV has grown so much. It is like a powerhouse medium.
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Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently.
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There's a lot of creativity in the industry, but I don't necessarily think that the most creative DJs or producers are always the biggest ones.
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The problem with some stars is that they lose perspective about correct adult behavior. People laugh at everything they say and do. Nobody says, 'Chill out, man. That's out of line.'
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You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.
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When I was 14, I had no pressure. I was a kid, and I didn't understand all the attention.
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I came from a strong jazz/ singer-songwriter/folk influence, but in L.A., I learned how to have a balance between all these genres and R&B music and hip-hop, mixing them all together.
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The stalwart soul has the will to live and is eager for the race.
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A nascent economy needs a transparent and accountable government and an efficient civil service to help meet social needs. Its people need jobs and a belief in their country's future. A surfeit of aid has been shown to be unable to help achieve these goals.
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I want to bulk up. I'm a skinny guy.
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Everybody should get married - once. I was 25.
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Am I worried people will say I'm repeating myself? Sure. One thought I had was to publish it as a novel but eventually I just decided to do what I wanted to do.
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All God requires from us is to enjoy life and love. That's the whole point.
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To give one's heart is to give all.
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A dog is grateful for what is, which I am finding to be the soundest kind of wisdom and very good theology.
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If you're successful in the market, it should be because you have the best products. Then your customers like you, not because then you cut corners, or you get a tax break, or you don't inform authorities about how things actually are.
