Romania strongly supports Turkey's E.U. accession.
There is no breach of European rules committed by companies from Romania or on Romanian territory.
Poland is much more advanced than Romania in structural reforms.
All children should have equal opportunities.
China needs a powerful Europe, but Europe can only be strong if each and every one of its members attains rapid economic development.
Romania is still very much underutilizing its natural and human potential.
I see four principles as laying the foundations for the kind of economic recovery Europe needs: fairness, efficiency, solidarity and growth.
Fiscal discipline is a priority in Romania, and we have already proven we are committed and able to make real progress in this area.
A lot of people say, 'I always knew Lucky Luciano as a very smooth, very elegant, very powerful man.' All the accounts of him as an older man were that he was very genteel but he still had the look of smothered violence behind his eyes.
I like to put a little spin on traditional styles as I see them now, probably somewhat inspired by my current job on 'Boardwalk Empire.'
A custom-tailored suit retains a certain dignity about it.
I don't shop as much as I find.
I think New York style is unique because there's something resourceful about it. Utilitarian. Whereas in Los Angeles, I find people make their cars a day closet. Which, I guess, is resourceful in a different way.
The common intuition is that e-books should be cheap because they aren't physical - no printing, no shipping.
Living with a single kidney is almost exactly like living with two; the remaining kidney expands to take up the slack. (When kidneys fail, they generally fail together; barring trauma or cancer, there's not much advantage to a backup.) The main risk ...
Kidney donors don't have to be close relatives of recipients, but they do need to have the right blood type. And kidneys from living donors tend to last many years longer than kidneys from deceased donors.
At the basic consumer level, the profusion of fonts appeals to a culture that celebrates expressive individualism.
Glamour is not something you possess but something you perceive, not something you have but something you feel. It is a subjective response to a stimulus.
We are material creatures who spend much of our lives on material pursuits (even building a cathedral or writing a novel requires stone and mortar or paper and ink).
By reshaping or decorating our outer selves, we express our inner sense of self: 'I like that' becomes 'I'm like that.'
'The Matrix' is a movie that is all about glamour. I could do a whole talk on 'The Matrix' and glamour. It was criticized for glamorizing violence, because, look - sunglasses and those long coats, and, of course, they could walk up walls and do all t...
