"But what sets Europe apart is we insist on a social model that consists of solidarity, equal opportunity and a certain amount of redistribution."

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Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Helle Thorning-Schmidt

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“You know what they say about bein' nice to the right people on the way up Sooner or later you gonna meet them comin' down”
“I think we have to reflect on a treaty change that would permit more than surveillance, with recommendations and appropriate sanctions. When recommendations are not followed and sanctions prove ineffective, European institutions should have the capacity to impose the necessary decisions on a particular country.”
“Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple stupid behavior.”
“Changing my name was traumatic for me.”
“In our system, grand juries take every charge, every lie, and they try to sort the truth from the lies, and then they move forward into the system. And that's how the system ought to work. We should respect the secrecy of the grand jury so they can sort through what's true and what's not. And someone is leaking, and if they are leaking from the grand jury investigation, then that's a violation of the law.”
“I remember researching a really complicated article and having trouble keeping track of all the different perspectives. I ended up drawing a diagram to help myself follow how the ideas were interrelated. I looked at the diagram when I had finished and thought, "Oh, maybe I don't need to write the article now - maybe I've done my job as a journalist. I can convey my understanding through the diagram."”
“In my position, I could be a debutante. But we only got to this position by being a politically active family.”
“[Larry Kramer] thinks Charles de Gaulle was gay. He thinks Max Schmeling was gay.”

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