Kofi Annan Quotes
What a pleasure, and a privilege, to be here in Missouri. It is almost a homecoming for me. Nearly half a century ago I was a student about 400 miles north of here, in Minnesota.
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I guess you could say I'm pretty wary.
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My family lives in Miami, and I always envision myself, if something happens, it'd be like 'The Day After Tomorrow' where I walk across country to find my family. That would be the kind of person I would be. I feel like I wouldn't be as scared. If it happens, it happens. You face it.
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Any item of clothing that covers the face and makes it impossible to identify individuals is open to abuse.
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I think that sexiness should be in the subtleties.
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Sometimes you have a period piece where you have to research around it but, if the writers have done their homework well enough, the information is all in the script.
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The most important sign in Matthew has to be the restoration of the Jews to the land in the rebirth of Israel.
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Only a thoughtless observer can deny that correspondences come into play between the world of modern technology and the archaic symbol-world of mythology.
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The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion (to which few members of other civilizations were converted) but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.
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People call me a perfectionist, but I'm not. I'm a rightist. I do something until it's right, and then I move on to the next thing.
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Young, handsome men never flirt with me. I get heat from old dudes that run the parking garages.
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I've always worked on all different types of music, some with specific project goals and deadlines and some not. Sometimes I would write a piece of music that is almost like a film score or weird electro pieces, wherever the muse took me, and I still do that.
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Being your own woman, not cookie cutter - that is the greatest luxury!
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People only speak to get something.
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Honesty allows us to live with not knowing. We do not know the full story; we do not know where we are in the story. We do not know who, ultimately, is at fault or who will carry the blame in the end.
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When we talk about stem cells, we are actually talking about a complicated series of things, including adult stem cells which are largely cells devoted to replacing individual tissues like blood elements or liver or even the brain.
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I'm different, and I'm not afraid to be different.
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I don't have the best feet.
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People that know me know that I cook. I cook every night.
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All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.
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If it weren't for Moore's law changing the playing field continuously, I would have been long gone. The rapid pace of hardware evolution still keeps things fresh for me.
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I think Afghanistan has turned into the Vietnam of my generation, only with a better homecoming.
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I feel like what we've done in 'Homecoming' is really scratching the surface with Spider-Man.
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What a pleasure, and a privilege, to be here in Missouri. It is almost a homecoming for me. Nearly half a century ago I was a student about 400 miles north of here, in Minnesota.
