Kofi Annan Quotes
I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time - without UN approval and much broader support from the international community.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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I'm still dreaming to be the next Missy Elliott.
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I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attention of people abroad.
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I've seen descriptions of advanced TV systems in which a simulation of reality is computer-controlled; the TV viewer of the future will wear a special helmet. You'll no longer be an external spectator to fiction created by others, but an active participant in your own fantasies/dramas.
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In New Orleans, music is part of the culture. You're raised with it, from the cradle to the grave, and all in-between.
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The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.
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I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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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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I didn't know box office was a thing you could possess but I don't have it. I go up for lovely roles and people with this nebulous thing called box office get them so there isn't much I can do about that unless you know where I can get some box-office myself!
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I have this necklace I always wear. I collect pendants from people I love; my best friends and members of my family have all given me one, and I put them on this chain so no matter where I am they're always with me.
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In fiction, you know, there are no borders. You can go anywhere.
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When I saw rappers in the '90s cameo in films - all of those '90s rappers - it seemed like whenever you chucked a rapper in a film, they could just act. It seemed like all rappers could act.
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My castings sort of go in phases. There'll be several icy professional parts - a lawyer or a cop. And then there'll be the intelligent-but-wounded group and then the period things. It goes in sequence.
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I just consider being one of the luckiest people in the sense that creativity came to me and it flowed.
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If I get to wrapped up in how I have to be, or what I have to do, things gradually get worse and worse.
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I am happy in Paris.
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I met Tyler Perry and we did 'House of Payne' and a movie. We've done a couple other films since then, but it all boils down to the work. I'm a work-a-holic, which is why I think that I've been successful. If you tell me no, I'll work even harder!
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Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies.
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All means prove but blunt instruments, if they have not behind them a living spirit.
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Westerners often laud their children as 'talented' or 'gifted', while Asian parents highlight the importance of hard work. And in fact, research performed by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck has found that the way parents offer approval affects the way children perform, even the way they feel about themselves.
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As an actor I'm part of a long line of character people you can take back to the silent movies. There's always the little guy who's the sidekick to the tall, good-looking guy who gets the girl.
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When you leave New York, you are astonished at how clean the rest of the world is. Clean is not enough.
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I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time - without UN approval and much broader support from the international community.
