Toomas Hendrik Ilves Quotes

Because of cyberattacks and fake news, we can already imagine the problem all democratic societies will face in future elections: how to limit lies when they threaten democracy?

Toomas Hendrik Ilves

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FutureDemocracyFaceFakeProblem

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.

John F. Kennedy

LifeTechnologyPowerManWorldNow

I get very irate with actors when they talk about how distressing it all is. I mean, it's only acting. Please.

Maxine Peake

ActingTalkMeanGetOnlyHow

Time does not change us. It just unfolds us.

Max Frisch

ChangeTimeUsJustDoesUnfolds

Some people get into this business and they're so afraid to lose anything. They try to protect their position like clinging to a beachhead. These actors end up making really safe choices. I never wanted to go that route. If I go down, I'm going down swinging.

Matt Damon

BusinessPeopleChoicesEndLoseGo

To me, it doesn't really matter how big the part is as long as the part is important to the story.

Steve Buscemi

MeStoryLongImportantMatterBig

We can get carried away with our heads in books, and although there's so much to be learned from that, I think sitting in a cafe and speaking with someone - whatever it is, their mannerisms, their choices, are just as valuable as any class you can go to.

Rose McIver

ChoicesThinkSomeoneYouSitting

Faith is the first factor in a life devoted to service. Without it, nothing is possible. With it, nothing is impossible.

Mary McLeod Bethune

LifeFaithServiceImpossibleFirst

If I were not African, I wonder whether it would be clear to me that Africa is a place where the people do not need limp gifts of fish but sturdy fishing rods and fair access to the pond. I wonder whether I would realize that while African nations have a failure of leadership, they also have dynamic people with agency and voices.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

LeadershipFailureFishingPeopleMe

I'm a much more successful and happier person sober. And I'm nicer to be around.

Boy George

PersonSoberMoreSuccessfulMuch

As a teenager, my dad taught me about the idea of unintended consequences, and I've had the experience, and how to deal with it, pounded into my soul over the years.

Brad Feld

ExperienceSoulMeMy SoulOver

The Christian must trust in a withdrawing God.

William Gurnall

GodTrustChristianMustWithdrawing

I'm obviously very keen on the theater and I think it's inevitable that some of the orchestral and chamber pieces have got dramatic elements which might even suggest an unspecified dramatic plot of some kind or other, even though it's not in my mind at the time.

Peter Maxwell Davies

TimeMindThinkInevitableKindGot

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