My office has a view of low-cost housing, old East German prefabricated apartment buildings. It isn't an attractive … - Sigmar Gabriel

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Faith is having a positive attitude about what you can do and not worrying at all about what you can't do.

Sigmar Gabriel

My office has a view of low-cost housing, old East German prefabricated apartment buildings. It isn't an attractive view, but it's very helpful, because it reminds me to ask myself, whenever there is a decision to be made, whether the people who live there can afford our decisions.

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