Kofi Annan Quotes
The Arab Spring reminds me a bit of the decolonisation process where one country gets independence, and everybody else wants it.
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People think I am America's party girl, which is just stupid. I have done 24 movies and I am creating my own TV show.
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Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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I'm a lot less concerned with Bill Clinton's escapades decades ago than I am with Hillary Clinton's consistently wrong record when it comes to foreign policy, when it comes to domestic policy.
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I take my kids to school... I make them breakfast. Unfortunately, dad is a big spoiler, and most days, I make four different breakfasts.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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Water for People is a non-profit international organization that brings together communities, entrepreneurs, governments - people - to create solutions that empower people to maintain their own reliable water systems and sanitation.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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The way you wield your power is about using it to afford you opportunities that you wouldn't otherwise have. So I'm very creatively ambitious, and I just hope people notice it; that's all I want.
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When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since.
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I worked hard in gymnastics since the time I was six years old until I retired at 23 years of age.
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'Twin Peaks' was huge. I mean, it changed television; it was a huge hit, and it only went a season and a half. So that teaches you immediately that you just enjoy it for the time that you do it.
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I know I'm not a conventional beauty. You can read a lot of painful things on the Internet, which criticise you aesthetically - but as far as I'm concerned, that's not what an actress is.
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If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.
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I finished the recordings I had started with Eleven. Matt Cameron joined for the rest of those sessions.
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People get to choose who they follow, so they follow me for me. It's super humbling and awesome.
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All of Hollywood was convinced that 'Gone with the Wind' would be a colossal disaster and rather hoped it would be.
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We are all human beings, and our nationality is simply an accident of birth.
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If stars behave in an erratic fashion, it's called 'colorful,' as opposed to, 'Well, maybe there's a problem there.'
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This has been the new normal since September 11. Everyone knows, but nobody says, that if something happens again, the elite consensus in this country, and the overwhelming consensus of the citizenry, will be to pitch the Bill of Rights out the window and start rounding folks up.
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No one in this country has any root anywhere; we don't live in America, we board here, we are like spiders that run over the surface of the water.
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I want to raise my children in a safe country. I want to help the children in the world who do not feel safe. I know what it feels like to feel unsafe. We need to do way better. Our country needs to do better.
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Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven.
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The Arab Spring reminds me a bit of the decolonisation process where one country gets independence, and everybody else wants it.
