"The principal achievement of Europe is peace, which we often forget about as it has become so taken for granted by Europeans."

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Source : Interview with John Thornhill, Peggy Hollinger and Martin Arnold, www.ft.com. February 6, 2007.

Dominique de Villepin

#Taken Quotes #Europe Quotes #Achievement Quotes

“I killed a lot of Germans, and I am only sorry I didn't kill more.”

Source : "Farewell to Nancy Wake, the mouse who ran rings around the Nazis" by Kim Willsher, www.theguardian.com. August 8, 2011.
“The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.”

Source : Barbara Sher (2010). “I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It”, p.20, Dell
“There will never be another Frank Sinatra. I never wanted to be another Frank Sinatra. I only wanted to be another Michael Buble.”

Source : "Patiences pays off for Michael Buble". Associated Press Interview, www.today.com. May 26, 2007.
“I speak African. I can even speak Italian.”
“You can make five massive hits in a row and still not get cast by the directors you want to work with, doing little movies. There are no guarantees. I'm trying to sign up and do movies that I'll be proud of, if it's my last one. That's how I think about it.”
“I think I am basically a happy person.”
“I grew up in East Flatbush in Brooklyn which was an intense neighbourhood filled with different West Indian cultures.”
“There is no such thing as being non-political. Just by making a decision to stay out of politics you are making the decision to allow others to shape politics and exert power over you. And if you are alienated from the current political system, then just by staying out of it you do nothing to change it, you simply entrench it.”

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