#taken

I think the facts reveal that the European partners have taken extraordinary measures to help Greece address its problems. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#european #extraordinary #facts #greece #help

Delays in granting of justice very often reduce the speed with which investment could be undertaken, discouraging investors. ↗

— Lucas Papademos

#delays #discouraging #granting #investment #investors

As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it into their heads, in order to be happy, not to think of them at all. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#against #be happy #death #fight #happy

I hate my picture being taken. A photograph by definition captures one mood. And I have a million facets to my personality; I never use just one. That's why I like TV more. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#captures #definition #facets #hate #i

I joined the army as a private. I was offered a rank at that time, but I refused. I preferred to remain a private. First of all, I wasn't taken by ranks, and before I knew it, they put me in the most sensitive positions anyway. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#army #before #first #first of all #i

I like to bet on people, especially those who have taken risks and failed in some way, because they have more real-world experience. And they're humble. ↗

— Mark Pincus

#bet #especially #experience #failed #humble

The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#death #feeling #just #out #sin

The most important thing is to just be good at what you do. You do a good job playing the character, and people will be taken up with your character, not your clothes. ↗

— Victoria Pratt

#clothes #good #good job #important #important thing

The present level of armaments could be taken as the starting point. It could be stipulated in an international treaty that these armaments should be simultaneously and uniformly reduced by a certain proportion in all countries. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

#certain #could #countries #international #level

Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned. ↗

— Thomas Reid

#equally #every #execute #indication #planned