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I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice. If my family and my country didn't have this history, I might be a professor somewhere today. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#becoming #country #dictatorship #during #family

Europe has a lot of strength. We need to pool that strength, and I am very much in favour of that - more of a deeper political union. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#deeper #europe #favour #i #i am

Everyone needs to carry out his own personal revolution. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#everyone #his #needs #out #own

Greece has given Europe the opportunity to fix a defect in the euro zone, that is the fact that we did not have a fiscal union. Now steps have been taken to begin that process. And there is more solidarity from nation to nation, and that is a good thing. That has been Greece's gift to Europe. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#been #begin #defect #did #euro

After the age of 80, everything reminds you of something else. ↗

— Lowell Thomas

#age #else #everything #reminds #something

I never thought of politics as a profession. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#never #politics #profession #thought

It is important that the Greek people make decisions on important developments. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#developments #greek #greek people #important #make

I don't believe in email. I'm an old-fashioned girl. I prefer calling and hanging up. ↗

— Sarah Jessica Parker

#calling #email #girl #hanging #i

People would say you look weak if you're not cursing the opposition and driving around in a big black car while always wearing a tie. Above all, to be 'strong' you're always supposed to be giving orders. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#always #around #big #black #car

This idea that you're a successful tough guy if you evade taxes and deceive the state has got to change. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#deceive #evade #got #guy #idea