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Christine Lagarde

Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde (French: [kʁistin madlɛn ɔdɛt laɡaʁd]; née Lallouette, IPA: [laluɛt]; born 1 January 1956) is a French lawyer and politician who has been the Managing Director (MD) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since 5 July 2011.

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When you think of a safe and solid arbitration place, you think of Switzerland, Sweden, Canada. Those attributes may be associated with clichés, but I think they resonate with a lot of people and they are a solid base for Canada to co-operate and help others.

Base, Canada, Helping Others, People, Sweden, Thinking

Of course, trade agreements can be beneficial, but of course they need to avoid infringing on certain areas and respect diversity.

Agreement, Certain, Course, Diversity, Infringing, Needs

We cannot just look at a country by looking at charts, graphs, and modelling the economy. Behind the numbers there are people.

Charts, Country, Graphs, Look, Numbers, People

I think I have a male side about me and you have a female side about you. It's a question of repressing or not.

Female, Males, Repressing, Side, Thinking

I guess economists, it's a bit like scientists, you have definitely fewer women in that field.

Economist, Fewer, Fields, Like, Scientist, Women

Canada stands out as making a sensible and positive contribution to the world. I'm saying that maybe because of its inclination toward multilateralism. Support for the environmental protection cause. It's relationship between people and nature.

Cause, Contribution, Environmental, People, Support

When women do better, economies do better.

Economy, Economies, Women

France would be reluctant to embrace any proposal by the European Commission to slash agricultural tariffs if it threatened the European Union's Common Agriculture Policy.

Agriculture, France, Reluctant, Tariffs, Unions, Would Be

If inflation is the genie, then deflation is the ogre that must be fought decisively.

Deflation, Fought, Genie, Genies, Inflation, Ogre

You know, when I sit in meetings and things are very tense and people take things extremely seriously and they invest a lot of their ego, I sometimes think to myself, 'Come on, you know, there's life and there's death and there is love. ' And all of that ego business is nonsense compared to that.

Ego, People, Sit, Take, Think, Thinking

It so happens that because all the economies are strongly inter-connected and aggregated, there is trade that is happening not just from China to the rest of the world, but from the rest of the world to China as well, and that is going to continue.

China, Economy, Happens, Trade, World

There is a very strong linkage between U. S. banks and European banks. There are plenty of European employees that are employed by U. S. companies, and there are plenty of U. S. employees that are employed by European companies.

Employed, Employee, Linkage, Linkages, Plenty, Strong

I hate to say there are female and male ways of dealing with power, because I think each of us has a male and a female part. But based on my own experience, women will tend to be inclusive, to reach out more, to care a little more.

Dealing, Hate, Inclusive, Male, Males, Thinking

Our fortunes rise together, and they fall together. 'All men are brothers,' said the Analects. We have a collective responsibility-to bring about a more stable and more prosperous world, a world in which every person in every country can reach their full potential.

Brother, Country, Fall, Fortunes, Full, Together

You are never wrong when you have voted because you've acted in accordance with your conscience and your beliefs, and you've exercised your democratic right, which is, you know, perfectly legitimate in our democracies.

Belief, Democracy, Democratic, Right, Voted

Before a negotiation can proceed and be completed, what is outside the scope of negotiation needs to be agreed.

Needs, Negotiation, Scope

I'm very much a believer that it's action that matters much more so than, you know, the flurry of political promises and statements and slogans that are used during political campaigns.

Political, Promise, Campaigns, Slogans, Matters

In the area of trading, it is now an academically demonstrated fact that women tend to be a little bit more risk-adverse. They don't move positions as quickly and as erratically as men. Maybe it is a bit less profitably, but I think it would have been less risky.

Erratically, Maybe, Men, Moving, Quickly, Thinking

Massive progress has been made in the last five years. More progress has to be made in terms of fiscal union and banking union.

Inspiring, Years, Progress, Fiscal, Massive

Unless we take action on climate change, future generations will be roasted, toasted, fried and grilled.

Action, Change, Climate, Funny, Generations, Inspirational

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