Margrethe Vestager Quotes
Basically, I come to Washington a couple of times a year, sort of on a strictly business basis: talk to my counterparts at the Federal Trade Commission, of the DOJ, give an occasional talk, very often in a lawyer or academic environment.
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Claiming to 'fight for small business' is often used as a political tool in Washington D.C., but it is actually the policies behind that battle cry that small firms care about.
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I wasn't really geeky. In terms of the high school hierarchy, I was very much in the middle ground. You have the really popular guys, you have the nerdy guys, and then you have the people who really don't care - and that was me. I wasn't really picked on or anything like that.
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I have made enough money to secure my family and that is all I care about.
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There's a long history of private-company cooperation with the NSA that dates back to at least the 1970s.
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I thought Beverly Hills was a gated community. I always drove around Beverly Hills because I thought that there's a guard that was going to stop me.
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I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.
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Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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I clearly understood the concept of wise use before I ever heard the actual words, for my father wouldn't allow us to waste anything.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete.
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I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.
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I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.
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Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.
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Yeah, I like clothes, but I hardly ever go shopping. Hardly ever!
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I like cars. I know some things. I can change my own car and battery and change my own oil.
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The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded.
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How many husbands have I had? You mean apart from my own?
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I like to collect DVDs of most English films.
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We have this interesting problem with black holes. What is a black hole? It is a region of space where you have mass that's confined to zero volume, which means that the density is infinitely large, which means we have no way of describing, really, what a black hole is!
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I was never that into the movies. Never. Even as a youngster. I became interested in movie music only because of the studio orchestras in Hollywood.
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I think I'd want Tommen'to fight the Hound! And the Mountain! The Hound and the Mountain on one side, and Tommen on the other side. That would be so sick. Tommen would smash it!
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Basically, I come to Washington a couple of times a year, sort of on a strictly business basis: talk to my counterparts at the Federal Trade Commission, of the DOJ, give an occasional talk, very often in a lawyer or academic environment.
