Kofi Annan Quotes
The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the states in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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Everyone who likes my books is like me in some way.
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You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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Whereas, generally speaking, zinc reacts suitably only with the first members of the alkyl iodides, with magnesium it is possible to use bromides, iodides, and in many cases, chlorides.
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I'm not the best at video games, but I play them a lot.
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I know people from working with them on films, but they're not the ones I would meet up with... I'm just a normal person!
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Pigeon racing is a lousy, greedy, and often unlawful activity. One thing that it is not is kind to birds.
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A lot has happened over the years. And while this nation has been tested by war, and it's been tested by recession and all manner of challenges - I stand before you again tonight, after almost two terms as your president, to tell you I am more optimistic about the future of America than ever before.
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I come from a background where money has never been an issue.
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No doubt I enjoy being close to people in the way I dress, the way I speak, and the way I communicate with people.
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I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.
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But it's fun to be something, have that, and you don't have to be real. It's like, comedians. They go on and they're doing all these jokes. I would be like that if I were more awake.
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I don't feel that normal anymore because I get recognised, even when I'm just trying to have fun or going to get ice cream with my friends.
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Seeing a new play in a first-time production is so exciting - when it's good, you want to shout from the rooftops.
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On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind.
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Just because a guy rings your bell, doesn't mean you have to toot his horn.
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I cannot figure out just what Dadaism is beyond an insane jumble of the four winds, the six senses, and plum pudding. But if the Baroness is to be a keystone for it, — then I think I can possibly know when it is coming and avoid it.
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We must prove to the world that we are all nincompoops
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For me the only training in Swaraj we need is the ability to defend ourselves against the whole world and to live our natural life in perfect freedom, even though it may be full of defects. Good government is no substitute for self-government.
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The United Nations, whose membership comprises almost all the states in the world, is founded on the principle of the equal worth of every human being.
