Jean-Pierre Raffarin Quotes

We shall say clearly that any symbol conspicuously displaying religious affiliation in school is prohibited.

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

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All of us have been trained by education and environment to seek personal gain and security and to fight for ourselves. Though we cover it over with pleasant phrases, we have been educated for various professions within a system which is based on exploitation and acquisitive fear.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

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When I was a teenager, just about the only thing I could do right was play music. In my graduating class, I was certainly not voted 'Most Literary Boy.' I can assure you I was not voted 'Mostly Likely to Succeed.' I was voted 'Most Musical Boy.' And the music led to the poetry.

Robert Pinsky

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Fashion remains closest to my heart. I get genuinely excited by my collections - I never wanted to be a businessman.

John Rocha

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We did everything we could to save my legs, and it just came to a point where if we didn't amputate my legs, I wouldn't survive. In that situation, you kind of go into survival mode, and you find strength.

Amy Purdy

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I just play music. That makes my whole day. I can practice and be happy.

Trombone Shorty

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Don't spend months building something without any idea if someone actually wants it.

Mike Krieger

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It's like, 'You're not allowed to change. That's not fair. We like you like this.' But I don't. So let me expand and express myself.

Joss Stone

ChangeMyselfMeYouFairNot Fair

If people can't expect their government to be honest and clean, they can't expect anything from it.

Josh Hawley

GovernmentPeopleCleanAnything

Expressing and loving myself is often so much more complex than 'out' affords me.

DeRay Mckesson

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It feels like we have two threads running through our lives: one pulling us into the world to achieve, the other pulling us back to replenish us. These threads can seem at odds, but really, they enforce each other. It's not a trade-off between success and sleep.

Arianna Huffington

SuccessSleepWorldBackAchieveUs

After a sound public education, I attended Penn and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. After being drafted into the military and studying Indonesian, I emerged as a writer, not a painter.

Allan Gurganus

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If poverty were a man, I would have slain him.

Ali ibn Abi Talib

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