#or

The government is determined to continue the process of fiscal consolidation and structural reform in order to secure sound public finances and improve the country's international competitiveness. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#consolidation #continue #country #determined #finances

There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#choices #come #decades #define #history

If Greece had gone through a very normal political life, I may have not been in politics. But just the fact that I lived through huge upheavals and very difficult struggles and polarisation and the barbarism of dictatorships - that made me feel that we had to change this country. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#been #change #country #dictatorships #difficult

The essence of conservative ideology is its being anchored in the divine order of things. ↗

— Franz von Papen

#being #conservative #divine #essence #ideology

Poets are people who can still see the world through the eyes of children. ↗

— Alphonse Daudet

#eyes #people #poets #see #still

I'll perform all the way to the grave. ↗

— Patti LaBelle

#i #perform #way

Everyone is usually screwed up in some way and that is usually where the work comes in - figuring out how to make it believable and make it real to present someone's problems that you don't necessarily actually know anything about. ↗

— Anna Paquin

#actually #anything #believable #comes #everyone

I have a really, really, really normal family. And by normal I mean we're all nuts on some level. I think you've gotta be a little nuts to pursue any kind of creative job. I was also a really good kid. I know that sounds really dull, but I didn't rebel in the traditional sense. ↗

— Anna Paquin

#any #creative #dull #family #good

I work out like a maniac and I spray tan a lot. Genetics were kind, but I work very hard. ↗

— Anna Paquin

#hard #i #kind #like #lot

I'm drawn to doing interesting stuff at work. And some of the time with the supernatural, you get to do really crazy, fun things. But I'm not a big genre-fantasy gal, particularly. ↗

— Anna Paquin

#crazy #doing #drawn #fun #fun things