George Papandreou Quotes

Countries are not like financial markets. Social change cannot be executed as swiftly as credit-default swaps. You cannot sell short on social commitments and practical responsibilities.

George Papandreou

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: greek
  • Birth: June 16, 1952

Topics

ChangeFinancialShortYouSell

For me, every single thing I do seems to be about the process of letting go because that's what I so desperately need to do with so many things: with fear, with what people think of me, and all these things I've worried about my whole life.

John Grant

LifeFearPeopleMeThinkProcess

My stated goal as a filmmaker is to feel something. Is to have a palpable emotion in my life, carry it through the gauntlet of the filmmaking process and try and have it land for an audience at some point during the viewing experience. That to me is successful filmmaking.

Jeff Nichols

LifeExperienceMeMy LifeGoal

A fellow has to have faith in God above and Rollie Fingers in the bullpen.

Alvin Dark

GodFaithAboveFingersFellow

From my standpoint, we ought to be talking about... how do you make Wisconsin a more attractive place for risk-taking, business investment, business expansion.

Ron Johnson

BusinessTalkingYouPlaceMoreHow

I want to be number one.

Masayoshi Son

WantNumber

When I was a teenager, I continued to visit imaginary places by spending all my free time at our local community theater. Whether I acted in a play or worked backstage, the world of Tennessee Williams or Shakespeare always seemed more real to me than the dreary life of high school.

Mary Pope Osborne

LifeCommunityTimeSchoolMeWorld

I'll play it first and tell you what it is later.

Miles Davis

YouPlayFirstTellLater

The challenge is to keep it fresh. If you're talking about Britney Spears over and over, it's very hard to keep that interesting.

Chelsea Handler

ChallengeInterestingTalkingYou

After college, I was burdened with student loans to repay, no financial cushion, so I wasn't in a position to bet everything on a creative-writing career - neither the writing-workshop academia life nor the freelance-writer version, trying to scrape by on short stories and house-painting gigs.

Chris Pavone

LifeCollegeFinancialShortCareer

No one knows what an amazing spirit she was. She wasn't only a mother; she was a best friend.

Bobbi Kristina Brown

FriendMotherBestAmazingSheOnly

I wear what I want.

Brad Goreski

WantWear

I always quit at three when my kids come home from school so I feel pretty spoiled.

Alice Hoffman

HomeSchoolFeelThreeQuitAlways

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