Vladimir Potanin Quotes

Frankly speaking, I decided to become a businessman at the moment when I understood that it is possible, because I grew up in a country where it was not possible. There existed even a special article in the penal code of the Soviet Union which punished entrepreneurial activity.

Vladimir Potanin

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Being a cook doesn't necessarily mean you are a competitor.

Joe Bastianich

YouMeanBeingCookCompetitor

People don't read me and say, 'Oh, it's so clean and elegant.'

Jesmyn Ward

PeopleMeSayCleanElegantRead

When I was 16, the first book I ever actually purchased with my own money, in fact, and had read on my own time was 'Hunt for Red October' by Tom Clancy.

Max Brooks

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In my district back in Texas, significant because we have a big solar panel production plant in Keller, Texas, we have a wind turbine plant in Gainesville, Texas, up in Cook Country.

Michael C. Burgess

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Amy Rapp, my producing partner, and I are drawn to character-driven material. We're developing and producing movies and TV, fiction and non-fiction, studio and independent, broadcast and cable, theatre, and web so our slate is really diverse.

Meredith Vieira

TheatrePartnerMoviesIndependent

I think I relate to all the characters in one way or another. I'm a chameleon like that.

Amber Tamblyn

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I have lots of sources of information about what's going on at the company. I think I have a pretty good pulse on where we are and what people are thinking.

Steve Ballmer

GoodPeopleThinkThinkingCompany

I think mass surveillance is a bad idea because a surveillance society is one in which people understand that they are constantly monitored.

Trevor Paglen

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I've been lucky enough to stand on both poles, but the place that seemed the remotest to me was Butugychag, a former gulag in Siberia. It is completely cut off from the rest of the world.

Michael Palin

MeWorldRestStandEnoughPlace

I think Elvis would be alive today, probably, if he had been allowed to mix and mingle with his fans. I think it was a great cross for him to bear that he couldn't get out and be with his fans.

Minnie Pearl

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In the end, it is about whether God wants us to be in the final, but I know that is what God wants. This time we will not need the Hand of God, because it is the will of God.

Diego Maradona

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I am convinced that great ideas that are powerfully presented can change a mind in five minutes.

Dennis Prager

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