Margrethe Vestager Quotes
When I was very young and came into politics, I basically thought ideas would do the trick.
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I think the media has been in denial just like the party regulars have been in denial. They just don't understand that the government that we have today is not what the people want as a government.
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I watch virtually no TV. All my screen time is computer time for me. When I'm not doing that I'm reading or talking to my friends who I got to know through computers.
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There were a lot of times people would do my makeup, and it would be awful, and I would be orange. Nothing matched. So then you learn how to do your own makeup. I watched a lot of YouTube videos when I was little and taught myself.
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
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I'm not a quitter. All my career, I went through a lot of physical adversity, injuries. It's in my nature to be a battler.
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I looked through our catalog year by year, and I saw that there were pockets of time when we wrote some terrific songs. Then all of a sudden, we'd go for another two or three months and there weren't great songs.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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The remarkable thing about 'Avatar' is the degree to which the technology is integral to the story. It is important to show Pandora and its Na'Vi natives in 3-D because 'Avatar' is fundamentally about the moral necessity of seeing other beings fully.
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There are less than 1 per cent of anorexic girls, but there more than 30 per cent of girls in France - I don't know about England - that are much, much overweight. And it is much more dangerous and very bad for the health.
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The function of the artist is to invent, not to chronicle.
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'Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.
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It is impossible to disregard such an important medium as television. We should know how to use it, learn to work in it and express new values in it.
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Right now the focus is the album that is released and then the tour coming up. After the tour they will let us know about the options and offers that came in for us.
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I believe in a packed Heaven and an empty Hell.
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Eating-wise, I'm fairly disciplined. I have to be, because if you're not eating correctly, you're not giving your body the fuel it needs. So, I stay away from carbs after the morning, and I eat a lot of protein - fish, chicken, and no red meat.
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Some nights, I was so good that I could have become an egotist.
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A lot of people in film run around with a facade and use the right vocabulary and think they're mental giants, but it's very limiting.
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There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.
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It is true that many Americans find the Commandments in accord with their personal beliefs. But we do not count heads before enforcing the First Amendment.
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We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.
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Perfection is perfectly simple; fouling things up requires true skill.
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Trucking-company terminals are places where paperwork gets filled out, driving orders are given, and partners are assigned. They can often be social hubs for drivers, breaking up the monotony and solitude they face on the road.
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I think the chance of finding beauty is higher if you don't work on it directly. Beauty in architecture is driven by practicality. This is what you learn from studying the old townscapes of the Swiss farmers.
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When I was very young and came into politics, I basically thought ideas would do the trick.
