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Pauline Marois Quotes

One of the ways to make sure policies are more transparent and to help restore people's confidence in politicians... is to ensure renewal at the highest level of office.

Pauline Marois

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: canadian
Birth: March 29, 1949

Topics

Confidence People Help More Office

Presenting the Oscars was the most nerve-racking job I have ever done in show business. It's very much a live show: they have comedy writers waiting in the wings, and as you come off between presentations, they hand you an appropriate gag to tell.

Michael Caine

Live Business Job Waiting Comedy

As I said, if you don't stand up for yourself, people aren't going to think that you can stand up for them.

Sidney Blumenthal

Yourself People Stand Up Think Stand

An egalitarian educational system is necessarily opposed to meritocracy and reward for achievement. It is inevitably opposed to procedures that might reveal differing levels of achievement.

Robert Bork

Achievement Reward System Reveal

The supreme good of life is vitality. And vitality is always seeping away.

Roberto Unger

Life Good Always Away Vitality

To be able to wear your country's colors and compete in the Paralympics for the snowboard team... it's pretty powerful.

Mike Schultz

Team Colors Powerful Country Compete

To be honest, when I started watching VR content, I was mostly disappointed and thought people could do better - not that different from when I set out to make 'Swingers' and thought, 'There's a better way to make an independent film.' Which is why 'Swingers' ended up being so much less expensive than anything like it.

Doug Liman

People Thought Better Why Way Out

I do kind of marvel at my journey. But at the same time, I look back at a lot of the steps, and maybe not every step, but a lot of the steps, and since I was 12 or 13, I look at the people who helped me and the moments that were inspirational to me, and you can recall what my mindset and what my make-up was at that time to try and be the best.

Chris Bosh

Inspirational Journey Time Best Step

I was a pretty nerdy kid. I was pretty nerdy. I'm still kind of nerdy. I have all of the worst qualities of being a nerd - all of the affect and none of the smarts. I'm a useless nerd! That's pretty bad.

Claire Danes

Bad Kind Worst Useless Kid Pretty

While women prefer to have a higher-earning partner, men generally prefer to be the higher-earning partner in a relationship.

Phyllis Schlafly

Women Relationship Men Partner While

The life of a play begins and ends in the moment of performance. This is where author, actors, and directors express all they have to say. If the event has a future, this can only lie in the memories of those who were present and who retained a trace in their hearts.

Peter Brook

Life Future Memories Moment Lie Say

I had a growing career as a model and an actress in London - I had starred opposite Michael Caine and Sidney Poitier in 'The Wilby Conspiracy' - but everyone told me to stay in Hollywood. This was the place, they said, and I could have a big career. What they failed to mention was that no one would quite know what to do with me.

Persis Khambatta

Me Career Place Growing Know Said

I'm never comfortable at theatre opening nights. If it's my own production I'm too wound up to be able to enjoy the performance and too wary to enjoy the event as a social occasion.

Richard Eyre

Theatre Performance Enjoy My Own Own