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Nicolas Berggruen Quotes

I understand the human instinct to want to create a nest and possess things, to show them off, but for me personally, it became less and less interesting.

Nicolas Berggruen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: american
Birth: August 10, 1961

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Me Interesting Create Understand Off

The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.

Robert M. Pirsig

Work Heart World Hands Place First

At the end of the day, if you want to create more IP and more invention, you need to connect between research and entrepreneurs. People who are going to take a risk.

Jean-Philippe Courtois

Day People Research End You Create

Nobody knows what really happened in any historical period. There are some periods where we know more than others, though.

Michael Hirst

Nobody Know Others More Historical

One of my kids was born in 1968. There were going to be political difficulties, but they were never going to have that level of hatred and contempt that my brothers and my sister and myself were exposed to.

Toni Morrison

Myself Sister Political Born Never

I grew up poor, black, and working class.

Roger Ross Williams

Black Class Poor Up Working Grew

I've always been interested in music. In high school, I did a lot of musical theater, and I loved it.

Rosanna Pansino

Music School High School Loved High

There was a story that I was in a shoe shop and that I threw a pair of flip flops at the wall, shouting, 'I can't believe how overpriced these are!' I thought, 'Gosh, if I'm gonna take a big stand on something I would hope it would be for more than flip flops!'

Rose McGowan

Hope Believe Story Thought Stand

I'm not running again. I will say this: It was a great experience. I loved it.

Mitt Romney

Great Experience Loved Say Will

Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship.

Lucan

Friendship Nobody Loyal Objects His

I had failed the psychological profiling of a terrorist. The central committee of the Red Brigades had judged me too single-minded and too opinionated to become a good terrorist.

Loretta Napoleoni

Good Red Me Become Committee Judged

Every woman I've had a relationship with has found this maddening; the fact that I will talk about anything on the stage, and reveal all this stuff, and yet when I'm at home, I clam up and won't discuss anything intimate or personal.

Jarvis Cocker

Home Relationship Woman Personal Up

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

Don Marquis

Funny Person Listen Pessimist Who