Kofi Annan Quotes
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After 'Sesame Street,' it's a hyper-familiar world to me and I have this childlike ability to ignore the fact that I'm talking to scraps of cloth. Every country I go to, I see posters promoting the film in different languages. 'Los Muppets' - I love that!
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What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for 'Bio-Dome' – but Pauly Shore and Baldwin ended up doing it. So there's a little movie trivia for ya.
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This town was built on nepotism.
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To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.
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Energy and bitcoin work really well together because you can pay out in micro-transaction units. As the energy gets used, they pay out, and it's by the kilowatt rather than by the month.
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Chris Jericho is a great guy. He's beyond hysterical. He's good people. They're really good. Chris wanted me to throw down a solo. He sent it to me and I knocked it out.
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There's a lot of stress... but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window.
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I've always thought of fat as just a descriptive word.
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I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.
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I can only think of music as something inherent in every human being - a birthright. Music coordinates mind, body and spirit.
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I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational.
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A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake.
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'Salaryitis' is when you become so accustomed to that salary that you no longer have the gumption to pull out of the rut and strike out on your own. It destroys the nerve of ambitious, imaginative men, and bowing to it has meant sure defeat for more people than any other sickness, mental or physical.
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You get fifteen democrats in a room, and you get twenty opinions.
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I am a very reserved person and have very few friends in the industry, while most of my close ones are from school and college.
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The idea that I could push the envelope using dedication and research and endless curiosity has propelled me in my life's work.
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Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small.
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I'm interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
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Let's face it: Most of us don't realize it, but we are failing our kids as reading role models. The best role models are in the home: brothers, fathers, grandfathers; mothers, sisters, grandmothers. Moms and dads, it's important that your kids see you reading. Not just books - reading the newspaper is good, too.
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I just loved going fast. I still enjoy go-karting. I was also good at rugby, and my dad wanted me to be a sportsman, but I never thought I could do sports professionally.
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The comic is the perception of the opposite; humor is the feeling of it.
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I do not follow closely anymore, since there is a limit to how much heartsickness one can bear.
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Eating insects is good for the environment and balanced diets.
