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"As to the question of elected or not elected, each member of the European Commission has been appointed jointly by the governments of the 15 member states, and undergone individual scrutiny and a vote of confidence from the European Parliament."
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"You're not interesting in the least," she spat. "I don't need to be," I smiled. "That's what you need...And you're welcome to it."
"An amazing thing happens when you stop seeking approval and validation: You find it. People are naturally drawn like magnets to those who know who they are and cannot be shaken!"
"Well, I can throw a mean comeback, so there's that. I will crush them on wit."
"You've turned into quite a bossy little thing," Myrnin said. "I think I might like it."
"Just because everyone is behaving like a clown, it doesn't mean you have to join the circus."
"Be gentle, confident and action-oriented. Remember, your actions will make a difference."
"I'm playing one of the principal roles, which gives you more clout and more confidence."
"Perhaps a child who is fussed over gets a feeling of destiny; he thinks he is the world for something important, and it gives him drive and confidence."
"You are as the sun; the world is your stage; even without an audience, shine."
"You don't need to put on make-up to make you look pretty. All you need to do is put on a smile and that will make you pretty in anyone's book."
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"That statement was not addressed to the authors of political statements. I said that I deplore attempts to misinform the public and to /trigger/ political intervention. And there were such attempts."
"There is no government in Europe where ministers go through that kind of confirmation process, which in fact is modeled on the way the U.S. cabinet members are confirmed."
"Reference to the territory and total disregard for the nationality of the companies is of course the best guarantee that competition assessment remain just that and doesn't get affected by trade or other considerations."
"As to the question of elected or not elected, each member of the European Commission has been appointed jointly by the governments of the 15 member states, and undergone individual scrutiny and a vote of confidence from the European Parliament."
"A lot of the American press at the time was saying 'just watch what happens when Bertelsmann tries to buy EMI, that will be a moment of truth that will show the Commission's true colors.' Well, that deal never happened either."
"This is certainly not the first case in which a merger approved in one place hasn't gone through in the other. There was a case last year where the merger between two EU companies was approved here and blocked in the U.S."
"Like other antitrust agencies we make our assessment of a merger or antitrust case based on its impact on our jurisdiction, and not on the nationality of the companies. This is exactly what the U.S. antitrust agencies, the Justice Department and the FTC, do."
"I have the most profound respect for the Department of Justice and the FTC. We in Europe are a younger and I would say junior institution to the historical antitrust experience of the US."
"I don't believe we're seeing the beginning of a divergence. We have seen a partial divergence on this case."
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