Kofi Annan Quotes

Sometimes I walk into a situation and know someone is going to provoke me, and I just simply refuse to be provoked.

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• I guess he wanted to see a little more sexual activity because in real life, in bed I think less is more and let the woman come to me. Frankly, I don't even need a woman there.

  

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• I didn't want to disrespect my parents, so I never played blues around the house. But I knew then, same as I know today, that I wasn't doing anything wrong. I think that before they died, they both felt very proud of me.

  

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• I take the longest to get ready of anyone. I've been going in two hours before the show every performance.

  

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• Sometimes I walk into a situation and know someone is going to provoke me, and I just simply refuse to be provoked.

  

  Kofi Annan