Kofi Annan Quotes
National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have that confidence.
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The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.
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In France, successive waves of Gaul, Visigoth, and Frank have swept over the land and have dominated it. But the fair hair and blue eyes and the clear skin of the conquering races have been submerged by the rising and overflow of the dusky blood of the original population.
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The most profound change that genetics brings about might not be scientific at all. It might be mental and even spiritual enrichment: a more expansive sense of who we humans are, existentially, and where we came from, and how we fit with other life on earth.
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I just lip gloss! It doesn't matter if it's $2 or $30.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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I have a lot of friends who do what I do. Either they're actresses or singers or things like that.
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The first thing many tourists see in Hawaii is concrete - a long dreary stretch of it through landscapes dominated by sad, cheap apartment buildings and almost entirely denuded of plant life.
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Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.
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I think the name of the show, 'This American Life' - we named it that just because it seemed like it made the thing feel big. But we don't think about whether it's an American story or not. We happen to be Americans. I think for the stories to work, they have to be universal.
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I think the biggest change has been realizing I now have three children.
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Could one live on the sense of beauty alone, exempt from the necessity of 'creature comforts,' a sea-voyage would be delightful.
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I'm happy riding horses and getting out shooting my gun, things like that.
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Over the years I have tried to develop something which is technically assured.
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Vanity is the healthiest thing in life.
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What Einstein was able to do was - to use a cliche - think out of the box.
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I have this horrific thing where I'm really bad with names and faces. I have an appalling memory. Someone will come up to me in the street and go, 'Eddie!', and I'll try and give myself time by going into overdrive, 'Hey, hi! Nice to see you!' and start a whole conversation because I can't distinguish between who I know and who I don't.
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Hip-hop is the streets. Hip-hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days... that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you. It speaks to your livelihood and it's not compromised. It's blunt. It's raw, straight off the street - from the beat to the voice to the words.
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I love the fact that I'm in New York, because I'm away from all of that. It's very unusual for any of my counterparts here in New York to talk about domestic issues. I enjoy not having to be close to those things in DC. But what I can tell you is the president Donald Trump is the CEO of the country. He can hire and fire whoever he wants. That's his right. Whether you agree with it or not, it's the truth.
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Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
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It is significant that people who refuse to tell their children fairytales do not fear that the children will believe in princes and princesses, but that they will believe in witches and bogeys.
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China's government is so strong on investment, so strong on exporting, but they're too weak on domestic consumption.
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A lot of writers come from Harvard and such, and are rich, and they write under the misapprehension that poor people are stupid. So when they do write them, they are hillbillies or rednecks or Christian idiots.
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National markets are held together by shared values and confidence in certain minimum standards. But in the new global market, people do not yet have that confidence.
