Victor LaValle
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VICTOR VASARELY When I was about 13 or 14, I had an English teacher who made a deal with me that I could get out of ... VICTOR SALVA I think that's still the most primal fear of all humans: to be eaten. VICTOR SALVA I don't have any illusion that The Creeper is as popular or will ever be as popular as any of th... VICTOR SALVA I think I'm very interested in people, in the way our minds work and how we navigate through the... VICTOR SALVA I've never made any effort to hide what happened. I served my time, I've tried to learn and ... VICTOR SALVA 'Jaws' was the definitive filmmaking turning point for me. It came out in the summer of '... VICTOR SALVA The best thing anyone can do in life is to give opportunities to a child. VICTOR PONTA Poland is much more advanced than Romania in structural reforms. VICTOR PONTA I would like to thank my colleagues for voting a Social Democrat prime minister and to assure them I... VICTOR PONTA Romania strongly supports Turkey's E.U. accession. VICTOR PONTA There is no breach of European rules committed by companies from Romania or on Romanian territory. VICTOR PONTA Using cold facts and figures, leaders throughout the West must become more transparent with their ci... VICTOR PONTA Only together do Europe and the U.S. stand a chance of keeping liberal democracy as the central doct... VICTOR PONTA You should see all the negative things that the Romanian press writes about me. VICTOR PONTA I am a committed European; a united Europe is Romania's future. VICTOR PONTA Ever since I took to the streets when I was 17 to protest at great personal risk against the communi... VICTOR PONTA Reducing debt through budgetary consolidation is essential to restoring Europe's financial healt... VICTOR PONTA I hope Greece is going to remain in the Euro zone. VICTOR PONTA All children should have equal opportunities. VICTOR PONTA We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and tran... VICTOR PONTA In Romania, we have pledged to create a modern public service: well-educated, appropriately rewarded... VICTOR PONTA My government has promised to comprehensively respect the independence of the judiciary. VICTOR PONTA Uncertainty is normal in the first few days of a new government. VICTOR PONTA Research suggests that large divisions of income and wealth weaken demand and generate economic imba... VICTOR PONTA If history judges society for how it treats those in need, so markets judge economies by the incenti... VICTOR PONTA In the end, I think the majority of Romanian society will understand that if we respect environmenta... VICTOR PONTA The image of Russian troops pouring into Ukraine and encircling military units in Crimea has been a ... VICTOR PONTA I see four principles as laying the foundations for the kind of economic recovery Europe needs: fair... VICTOR PONTA All sensible politicians favor growth, just as we all favor sound public finances. Both can be achie... VICTOR PONTA Turkey is a model of economic and social development, especially in terms of human resources and reg... VICTOR PONTA NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security. VICTOR PONTA VICTOR PINCHUK VICTOR PINCHUK VICTOR PINCHUK VICTOR PINCHUK VICTOR PINCHUK VICTOR PINCHUK VICTOR PINCHUK VICTOR PINCHUK VICTOR PINCHUK VICTOR PINCHUK VICTOR PINCHUK Design, if it is to be ecologically responsible and socially responsive, must be revolutionary and r... VICTOR PAPANEK The only important thing about design is how it relates to people. VICTOR PAPANEK There are professions more harmful than industrial design, but only a few. VICTOR PAPANEK I appreciate everything that has been done for me. After a difficult start, I've just followed m... VICTOR ORTIZ Later in life, when I'm retired and have a family of my own and will be able to send my kids to ... VICTOR ORTIZ I am very proud of the fact that I get to go out there every day and train in order to represent the... VICTOR ORTIZ When you're growing up, it's always nice to have someone you can relate and look up to. I... VICTOR ORTIZ I do not have a family, per se. When I was younger, I grew up in foster care with my brother and sis... VICTOR ORTIZ I've always been seen as the underdog in everything I've ever done in my life, and it doesn&... VICTOR ORTIZ Growing up, you always want to hang with your dad - go fishing or whatever. But my dad was always wo... VICTOR OLADIPO I'm just abnormal. I'm a weird dude. VICTOR OLADIPO I feel like I have another level every year that I start a new season of basketball. If I continue t... VICTOR OLADIPO VICTOR MITCHELL VICTOR MITCHELL VICTOR MITCHELL VICTOR MITCHELL VICTOR MITCHELL VICTOR MITCHELL VICTOR MITCHELL VICTOR MITCHELL VICTOR MITCHELL VICTOR MITCHELL VICTOR MITCHELL VICTOR MITCHELL VICTOR MITCHELL The enhanced features of our ad products would require sufficient understanding from our sales force... VICTOR KOO The combined entity Youku Tudou Inc. represents a dominant leader in online video sector in China wi... VICTOR KOO Youku Tudou kicked off 2014 in a positive direction. Mobile has become the number one screen for You... VICTOR KOO Since our inception, Youku Tudou as the leader in the multi-screen video space has helped transform ... VICTOR KOO Back in 2005-2006 when Tudou and Youku were founded, we saw the inflection point with the opportunit... VICTOR KOO Getting direct consumer revenue through movies or games or other culture products is something that ... VICTOR KOO If you do like what you do, you're cooperating and sharing. VICTOR KOO If you don't like what you do, you're probably dragging your feet. VICTOR KOO If I hadn't gone to Stanford, I'd be working at P&G now. VICTOR KOO While we can learn from U.S. models, we certainly can't practice them. VICTOR KOO Youku Tudou has helped transform how media and entertainment-related content is distributed and mark... VICTOR KOO At the Hong Kong festival, we were co-producers of the opening film, 'Aberdeen,' which is th... VICTOR KOO In China, going public has a cachet from a branding standpoint. It will improve our image to ad agen... VICTOR KOO In the U.S., search engines are king. That is because everyone already knows what they are looking f... VICTOR KOO The online video business started in both China and the US around 2005/6, when broadband penetration... VICTOR KOO Both YouKu and Tudou do original content for a number of years, and we position it based on our diff... VICTOR KOO 'YouKu' means what's best and what's cool in Chinese. So, the whole product philosop... VICTOR KOO Remember, when YouTube was founded in the U.S., America's Funniest Home Videos had been around f... VICTOR KOO I do wish to emphasize that in light of the Alibaba deal, Youku Tudou management will remain indepen... VICTOR KOO Our platform is a one-stop shop, from marketing and promotion through to ticketing. But even in the ... VICTOR KOO Youku Tudou is a hybrid, like combining Netflix and YouTube. Like Netflix, with Youku, which launche... VICTOR KOO If Youku had adopted YouTube's business model, we just would not be here. We would not exist. VICTOR KOO With the rapid growth of Internet users in China bringing online video into a new paradigm, the mark... VICTOR KOO It's very hard to just have a pure form like a Hulu or a YouTube to be successful in China becau... VICTOR KOO On top of opportunities in further traffic growth, there are increasing opportunities to fully reali... VICTOR KOO Our management team strongly believes that the key opportunity of our business does not only come fr... VICTOR KOO VICTOR KIAM VICTOR KIAM VICTOR KIAM VICTOR KIAM The reactions of organic magnesium compounds are of two kinds - reactions of substitution and reacti... VICTOR GRIGNARD Organic compounds exist in which a hydrogen atom, joined to the carbon, acquires acid properties as ... 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Because I believe in God and have faith in God, it doesn't mean I am immortal. It doesn't me... 
I wish I could help everyone to understand this one simple fact: we believe in God because of things... 
Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn't exist yet, but soon will, and wi... 
You can't ignore the reality that faith and family, those two things are integral parts of havin... 
There are certain things in 'Twilight'... As much as I'm proud of that movie and I do li... 
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Latinos are learning English. That doesn't mean that they should sacrifice their original langua... 
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Common sense is seeing things as they are, and doing things as they should be done. 
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Intelligence sees things as they are; wisdom sees things as they should be. 
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Religious faith, like political belief, should be based on reasoning, on the development of thought ... 
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We are not perfect. The people around us are not perfect. People do things that annoy, disappoint, a... 
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recognizes that economic sanctions are an instrument intended by the international community to prom... 
I should be sorry to be on the same level as an age like this. 
The idea of the state is, or should be, a very limited, prescribed idea. The state looks after the d... 
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When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. 
No one can keep a secret better than a child. 
There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature. 
I believe sci-fi fans are incredibly intelligent. 
I was raised doing martial arts. 
I conduct business, not dependent of public sentiment, but according to the rules of fair business. 
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My son's a West Point cadet. 
I had a 100 percent voting record with the NRA, but I don't believe in bazookas in our schools. 
You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception. 
You can hype a questionable product for a little while, but you'll never build an enduring busin... 
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