Kofi Annan Quotes
Time and again, when member states and the governments are faced with an insoluble problem, and they're under pressure to do something, that something usually ends up being referred to the U.N.
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I don't like to say anything good. I feel like I'll jinx myself.
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It's only Western civilization that, God forbid, you talk about dying, when it's the only thing we know for certain, right? Everyone's going to die, so what's the big problem? 'Oh, God. Don't talk about it. Don't think about it.' I mean, I'm one of them. I'm not a big fan of talking about dying.
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Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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Honestly, I find the analysis of dreams is one of the dullest things. I say this as a therapist kid. I find them deeply uninteresting, as a window to the soul.
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The importance of logo into today's fashion is un! be! Lievable!
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It's really not about me. At the end of the day, God willing, I'll have another 40 or 50 years on this planet, and what I'm saying to myself is, 'What do I want to leave here?'
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What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.
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I think most people have creative ideas and have very strange, unorthodox impulses of things that they can do with their lives. I've had many of these over the years, but I decided the more important question was, 'When did I start calling this art?'
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I'm very fortunate to have gotten past the cancer problem.
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I think people are frightened of women making big decisions.
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I just want to have a nice, happy life.
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There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete.
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Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb.
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I met Jared Leto at Soho House in Berlin.
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I've never seen a movement spread as fast as the fossil fuel divestment movement.
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Community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career.
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The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It's not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.
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Management must manage!
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I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?
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Koran says whoever believes in God in the last day shall be saved. It is a religion whose very name, Islam, comes from the word Shalom, which means peace. It's about establishing peace. We greet each other with peace be upon you, which the Jews do in greeting each other.
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Speaking and singing were equally common in my house. I started songwriting about the time that I started forming sentences.
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I think biography can be more personal than fiction, and certainly can be more expressive.
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I don't want my husband to push me around in a wheelchair. I don't want someone to lead me around because I'm blind.
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Time and again, when member states and the governments are faced with an insoluble problem, and they're under pressure to do something, that something usually ends up being referred to the U.N.
