"As to the question of elected or not elected, each member of the European Commission has been appointed jointly by the governments of the 15 member states, and undergone individual scrutiny and a vote of confidence from the European Parliament."

-- Mario Monti

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“I've done a few special effects movies in my life, so I've gotten that out of my system.”
“The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.”
“Because my mum and dad brought me up to believe that people are different but equal. And that I should treat everyone, no matter who, with the same respect I'd like to be shown.”

Source : Malorie Blackman (2007). “Knife Edge”, p.124, Simon and Schuster
“Everything always gets crazy at the end. You just have to keep going, regardless of how awful it gets. So that's what I do.”
“In the world of ideas everything was clear; in life all was obscure, embroiled.”
“The reason that I'm an actor, or an artist, is ultimately because I'm trying to paint a self-portrait, and the most complete and beautiful self-portrait that you can.”

Source : "Terrence Dashon Howard: A rising star". Interview with Jason Zingale, www.bullz-eye.com. August 05, 2005.
“There are times through the process that you just think, "Is this all worth it?" It's very, very difficult to get a movie made, and it's very difficult to get a movie made that turns out well, and that fans love, and that the marketing gets right.”
“In short, it is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one, or any number of men, at the entering into society, to renounce their essential natural rights, or the means of preserving those rights; when the grand end of civil government, from the very nature of its institution, is for the support, protection, and defence of those very rights; the principal of which, as is before observed, are Life, Liberty, and Property.”

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