Kofi Annan Quotes
There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as central players.
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The return to normality is a defeat for the terrorists.
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Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber is the greatest bad guy in a movie ever.
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I'm glad I went through all the normal teenage dramas that a lot of people go through. I can really relate to 'Secret Life' because I witnessed those similar struggles.
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Procrastination is opportunity's assassin.
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As someone who is in awe and grateful every day to be in a country where freedom of the press, free speech and free elections are a way of life, I am wowed, amazed and excited by the opportunity to moderate a 2012 presidential debate.
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Here at home, President Obama early on made the connection between growth and economic opportunity for women. In the depths of our crisis in 2009, one of the first laws the president signed was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. He established an Equal Pay Task Force led by Valerie Jarrett to help women get paid what they earn.
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I don't really feel McCain. It ain't just because Barack is black; he can make change. Just like Bush equals recession, Barack equals progression.
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Press conferences aren't the best thing to do, but it's part of the job.
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Boxing is one of the few sports that is one on one.
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I'm a good audience in general, but it's hard to make me laugh.
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In motorsports we work in the grey areas a lot. You're trying to find where the holes are in the rule book.
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The one thing I am now sure of is that if there is such a thing as destiny, it is a result of our passion, be that for money, power, or love. Passion, for better or worse.
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All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.
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Western man is schizophrenic.
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When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.
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When I was in my late 30s, I lit a figure on fire on Baker Beach in San Francisco. It was me, a friend, and maybe eight people, tops. There wasn't any premeditation to it at all. It was really just a product of San Franciscan bohemian milieu.
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I was lucky I always got along with girls. It was never like a big deal. I had a lot of girls that I was friends with that I wasn't sexual with. I think having two older sisters made me comfortable like that. I just like people, so I can just go up and say whatever.
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We should involve the whole world in the handling of this refugee crisis.
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At first, it's unfamiliar, then it strikes root.
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Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
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I'm very fond of doing movies where men fight over me. I don't get to do enough.
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I cannot understand how any man or woman can believe in the Lord's coming and not be a missionary, or at least committed to the work of missions with every power of his being.
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Mutual respect is very important in a relationship, and since my work is part of my life, he would have to respect it.
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There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as central players.
