Edi Rama Quotes

#1. I entered politics from a completely different background from other people in this field, and that has helped me to see and deal with things differently.

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#2. Beauty is much more intimidating than brutality.

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#3. Peace is brittle and a big burden on our shoulders so we need ... concrete help from the European Union and the European Commission, we can get more support together than on our own, to maximize the gains for our peoples.

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#4. Whenever a situation arises that creates fear, there are two alternatives - either you fight or you take flight.

Osho

#5. The greatest change in corporate culture - and the way business is being conducted - may be the accelerated growth of relationships based ... on partnership.

Peter Drucker

#6. In my previous life, I was an artist. I still paint. I love art.

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#7. I'm not sure I am a politician. I would say that I am still an artist, and I'm trying to use politics as an instrument for change.

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#8. Albania is going through a deep crisis because it lacks the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and freedom of the media. I don't think if we stop protesting the problem is solved.

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#9. Money and writing appear to be mutually exclusive.

Rita Mae Brown

#10. At some point you may get fired, but don't worry you will learn from it

Nancy Giles

#11. Vitality shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over.

F Scott Fitzgerald

#12. A backup plan means somewhere in my head, I think I might fail and that word is not in my vocabulary. Plus I'm too talented to fail.

Malorie Blackman

#13. To be afraid is in a way to be hopeful, because to be afraid means that you haven't given up. You know it doesn't help, but you keep thrashing. The monster has you pinned to the wall, but you're not ready to say, 'Oh, hell, eat me.

Betty Rollin

#14. I did not particularly enjoy modeling. I felt I was only utilizing 10 or 20 percent of my abilities. In India, it's just another job.

Freida Pinto

#15. Do not be deceived by impostors.

Clayton Christensen

#16. When people say all politicians are the same, ask yourself if Obama was the same as Bush, if Francois Hollande is the same as Sarkozy. They are not. They are human beings with different views and different visions for the world.

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#17. I still paint. I love the joy that color can give to our lives and to our communities. I try to bring something of the artist in me to my politics.

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#18. Compromise in colors is grey.

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#19. I have found repeatedly hitting my head with a mallet doesn't help at all, so i am open to suggestions.

Steve Merrick

#20. Our world is defined by the pace of change. We can all change the world.

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#21. I strongly believe in political activity that has to do with choices - and not consensus that sometimes covers problems and doesn't resolve them.

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#22. Watch your thoughts, they become your words.

Winston Churchill

#23. If an employee told you he had the flu, you'd send him home. If an employee told you he was feeling anxious, you'd probably tell him to get back to work. But the emotion is just as contagious as a flu virus.

Chip Conley

#24. To his great relief she recommended no course of action. She listened. She didn't believe in giving advice, even when asked.

Charles Baxter

#25. Things can change only through strong personalities. I am not very good at supporting ignorance and mediocrity, so maybe this leads to arrogant gestures and arrogant responses. So, nobody's perfect.

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#26. Politics has come to resemble a cynical team game played by politicians, while the public has been pushed aside as if sitting on the seats of a stadium in which passion for politics is gradually making room for blindness and desperation.

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#27. No one has any license to brag because he is honest. That should be natural instinct and, besides, if you are not, they put you in jail. Honesty is merely a form of insurance.

Charles Comiskey