Dag Hammarskjold Quotes
To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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I need to feel as if everything is clean and in its proper place before I can even attempt to write one word. At least, that's what I tell myself. I make the bed, I put away the dishes, maybe I dust, maybe I do the laundry, maybe I go to the post office.
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Just because I have two world records, everyone assumes that means automatically it is two guaranteed gold medals, but it isn't like that, and anything can happen in a race.
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I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill.
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It's not a lack of confidence, because I can't argue with the fact that I've taken some good pictures. But it's just a raw fear that you've taken the last one.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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It is wonderful to say that your days behind a school desk are over. It's just another phase in your life.
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I always used to watch 'The Daily Show,' and there were all these comedic geniuses there. I didn't know if I was going to be hired full time or not. At the beginning, I was sort of hired as a part time, on and off guy. When I first got hired - it was August 2006 - and I was working on and off, and they'd call me whenever.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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More recently, as faith gave way to materialism, anti-Semitism assumed a secular mode, harnessing itself to the dominant ideologies of both the Left and the Right.
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I am a just man.
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I'm not going to choose between classical, Broadway or pop. I would love to stay where I am now - a mix of everything.
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I'm to a point now where you want to play for your fans and all that, but I'm playing for the guys in that huddle. I'm playing for the guys in that locker room.
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I crave attention and adventure.
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There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
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Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.
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Accept it or not, every star, actor, and director wants to work on larger-than-life films.
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Both in thought and in feeling, even though time be real, to realise the unimportance of time is the gate of wisdom.
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The center has shifted in our politics. I'm really at the center. And all the other candidates are to the right of me.
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What I haven't apologised for is the original concept of seeking to bring justice to all South Africans through the concept of nation states.
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I want to get better as an actor, to keep trying to work harder, trying to discover something different. In some ways, it's a pretty frightening experience. But normally, I do tend to walk against fear and hope that I'll be able to survive.
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To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.
