Kofi Annan Quotes
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The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt. The French Revolution is still our model today: history is violent change, and this change goes by the name of progress. I do not know whether these notions really apply to art.
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For the first time, entrepreneurs can monetize their own open-source and peer-to-peer network. They can crowdfund and raise money from people across the world on the Internet in crypto-currency.
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We need to keep making our streets safer and our criminal justice system fairer - our homeland more secure, our world more peaceful and sustainable for the next generation.
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If the world sees that we can defend our borders... then no one will try to come to Hungary illegally.
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Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.
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Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world, it's the only thing that ever has.
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The number of children is not growing any longer in the world. We are still debating peak oil, but we have definitely reached peak child.
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A writer's job is to give the reader a larger vision of the world.
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One of the things that's really, really present in 'Between the World and Me' is, I am in some ways outside of the African-American tradition.
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I was so worried when I left 'GH:' so scared I'd never work again.
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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
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Who would have ever thought that, within a couple months of getting into the WWE, that I'd be wrestling in the main event for the world championship? Then, nine months after getting here, actually being the world champion.
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Today, music is great for entertainment, but it is lacking soul; it's lacking substance, and it's difficult to find good stuff. There are too many corporate interests. It's not about the actual music because it's about the corporation, and music just becomes part of a package.
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It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.
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I don't know what drives me, I don't have a clue, but I'm driven more today than I ever have been.
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There's no question that consumers are looking for value today.
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Back in the 1960s, the number of deaths each year from unintentional poisoning was 15 times greater than it is today.
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With the world changing fast, we needed capital for investments. There's only so much bandwidth in your own balance sheet.
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I'm an all-or-nothing guy. When I'm working, I work, work, work, work, work, and when I'm not, I'm the laziest sloth this planet has ever provided us.
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I'm going to let God be the judge of who goes to heaven and hell.
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The championship always goes to the team that wins the most rounds and is the most prepared. I think everybody on our team works hard towards keeping that goal. Time will tell if we're prepared or not.
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In today’s world, the security of every one of us is linked to that of everyone else.
