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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Music is an immediate art; it's always happening right now.
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The Arab Spring, nobody's in the streets demonstrating for radical Islam; they're in the streets with a window of democracy. They want our political reform, our social justice, and our economic opportunity.
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We all have the right of freedom of speech under the First Amendment. We all don't have to agree with one another on our opinions. Everyone in my circle, that I run around with, we all feel the same about God, country, integrity and character.
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Dublin dwindles so beautifully; there is no harsh separation between it and the country. It fades away, whereas London seems to devour the country; an army of buildings come and take away a beautiful park, and you never seem to get quite out of sight of a row of houses.
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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.
