Margrethe Vestager Quotes
We would completely delegitimise what we are doing if we allow politics to interfere with our work.
Quotes to Explore
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The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.
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I've done comedy most of my career, which I love, but I wanted to expand.
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Sometimes there's a snobbery among literary types that these people don't really get it, but in a lot of ways they get it more than the literati. There's a culture in the background that they understand and know. They get that deeper level.
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Oh, I am an angel, though sometimes I wish I was more of a devil.
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Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.
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Swimming is my passion and something that I love.
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When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'
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All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.
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I always wanted to be normal. I tried really hard, but it's like I try so hard and then people still say I'm offbeat. I've learnt to accept that and take advantage of it as an actor.
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When I was a kid, I was super shy.
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At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city.
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Every economic opinion is associated with a set of assumptions.
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I don't do meetings.
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I always send new writers to 'Writer's Digest Books' line-up of how-to books. I read them all when I was starting out, and they were very helpful.
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Sometimes I feel like there are just too many things weighing on my mind at once, and I can't control my thoughts or even my body at times.
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It's important to me that I look good on television because, let's face it, I'm single, and you want somebody to watch the show and fall in love with you.
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We need a presidency which acts and protects us.
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There's a high school in Camden, New Jersey, I call the Jill Scott School. It's the Camden Creative Arts High School. Those teachers and kids are so passionate about what they do, and 98 percent of the senior class went on to college.
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The English had hit upon a splendid joke. They intended to catch me or to bring me down.
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Sometimes I'm fascinated with how famous my work could be while I'm not so famous.
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As an actress, you never know when you're going to work again - and there's so much dependency on working.
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We would completely delegitimise what we are doing if we allow politics to interfere with our work.
