"I think there is a heritage which I'm proud of, which is a fight for democracy, a fight for social justice, a fight for freedom. My grandfather went to jail or exile six times in his life, fighting for his principles for democracy, or for his country. And my father twice."

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Source : "Q&A with George Papandreou". Interview with Nicole Itano, papandreou.gr. April 12, 2010.

George Papandreou

#Country Quotes #Father Quotes #Fighting Quotes

“When you really work hard for something that you genuinely and truly love, and you don't want it to fail, it's a good feeling to see it do good.”
“Excellent anthology... a celebration of our goodness and our potential for growth. The sense of celebration is stretched by the beautiful photographs....”
“There's nothing nicer than coming back to your village, where people like my mum's friends take the mick out of me. I prefer that to the craziness of Hollywood.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The poet is a master of language, the schizophrenic is a slave to it.”
“I have made new friends and have many new people that I know. But hey, you will always be a special part of my heart because no one has been able to replace the space you left in it.”
“Illustrious man! deriving honor less from the splendor of his situation than from the dignity of his mind.”
“Mostly I am sorry for the way I thought of other people. Like a good general, I had treated everyone who wasn't with me as against me.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.”

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