Kofi Annan Quotes
Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.
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I get depressed at airports.
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I went to Floridita on Wardour Street when I was 18. All I could afford was pumpkin soup and a glass of champagne, but it was worth it.
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'First Family' on the CW is about the president and his family living in the White House.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
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After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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You are where you are today because you have chosen to be there.
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When I first started playing in a band, before the Beatles, working bands played standards and they saved their rock material til the end of the night when they were really stretched out. It could be pretty lame.
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I kept thinking I would be spending my life up to my elbows in shampoo.
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If a man has common sense, he has all the sense there is.
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The liberals will surely argue that every person has the right to fall in love with no regard to religion, creed or gender, but I am not that liberal.
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I'm sick of having red hair, but people seem to like that aesthetic.
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New Hampshire is moving in the right direction because we have shown time and time again that we can work across the aisle to solve problems.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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A film set is the most comfortable place I could be in the world; that's what I know.
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In trying to scramble out of a hole, it sometimes digs it deeper.
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I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played them by herself and I so admired her for that.
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The girls grew up playing in my closet - trying on my shoes, etc. Now the tables have turned.
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I'm all for trying anything once; otherwise, you end up like David Guetta - reproducing the same formula over and over.
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If eviction has these massive consequences that we all pay for, a very smart use of public funds would be to invest in legal services for folks facing eviction.
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The only people that can make peace are the parties to the conflict, and just as they are responsible for the conflict and its consequences, so should they be given responsibility and recognition for the peace.
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Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.
