Ingvar Kamprad Quotes
We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.
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I learned a lesson that I don't ever want to be a CEO.
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In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
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Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.
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Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.
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I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens.
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If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.
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I was the hallway clown in high school.
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I'm lucky in that I can't see myself doing an office job every day. I'm lucky that I can play my sport and go around the world without too much to worry about outside that. I think it's good to be happy with what you're doing.
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I don't really feel McCain. It ain't just because Barack is black; he can make change. Just like Bush equals recession, Barack equals progression.
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I don't speak Spanish, I speak a little of Italian but no Spanish.
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Writing can't be too calculated. My best writing is when I set it aside, move on. It's not when I'm crafting a sentence, thinking about what word should follow another.
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I'd done some acting stuff when I was younger, around age nine.
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When I come to London, I always like to see what's playing at the NFT.
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I love acting. It's what I do, not what I am.
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The gruesomeness of 'Death Line' was an absolute necessity for me to bring up the political content of the film. I wanted to show how devastating class distinction could be.
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I never ever paid attention to any election.
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Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
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An optimist is a person who starts a new diet on Thanksgiving Day.
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One day some people came to the master and asked: How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where you cannot protect your loved ones from harm, illness or death? The master held up a glass and said: Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight. I touch it and it rings! One day the wind may blow it off the shelf, or my elbow may knock it from the table. I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it - incredibly.
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People ask what my goal is. I don't have a goal.
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I don't ever remember not praying. Bedtime prayers, the rosary, praying for friends, relatives, for the sick and for those who had died. It was a natural part of our lives.
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We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.
