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Gijs de Vries Quotes

Indiscriminate attacks on civilians ought, under all circumstances, to be illegal in war as in peacetime.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: politician
Nationality: dutch
Birth: February 22, 1956

Topics

War Circumstances Ought Civilians

If people want to find things, they find them themselves.

People Find Want Things Themselves

A lot of times, it's nice to open, because the heat's off you. You just go out and blast your set and say to whoever's going to finish, 'There you go.' Even though when you first start, people are drifting in, and that's kind of a bit disconcerting.

People Start You Go Nice Kind

I'm fully aware, fully on, and fully kind of designing everything that goes on with me. Anything that's happening is definitely on my table.

Me Table Kind Everything Anything

The most important role models should and could be parents and teachers. But that said, once you're a teenager you've probably gotten as much of an example from your parents as you're going to.

Teen Parents You Said Important

I can't remember why or how I started writing, but I think it was always a way of making sense of the world.

Writing World Think Remember Why

Because of Hubble and other telescopes, we've now discovered that there are probably planets around every star, or virtually every star. There are solar systems around most stars. And the fact that we're here on a planet, Earth, means that it's likely there's lots of other Earths out there.

John M. Grunsfeld

Stars Earth Now Solar Out Planet

These 'free' applications ask for permission to read your emails, your text messages, listen to your phone calls, record video from your phone. Why else would someone spend millions developing an application which they then give away? Kind-hearted, maybe? Get real.

Free Someone Phone Why Listen Real

I don't think there was a thunderclap or a divine spark that suddenly made one species smart. You can see, in our ancestors, there was a gradual expansion of the brain; there was an expansion of the complexity of tools.

Smart Brain Think Spark Tools You

The 1980s were fantastic. This was a time when we were at the peak of our creative work. The question of whether we would exist or not - something which everybody used to ask, including ourselves - stopped. Profits kept pace with growth requirements. HCL had credibility - that was the biggest barrier we had to break.

Work Growth Time Creative Question

I've got to say my mother is the most important woman in my life, and not just because she is a 'Scotsman' reader.

Life Mother Woman My Life Important

And life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all.

Life None Given

Donald, my husband, considers himself a feminist.

Husband Feminist Himself Donald

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