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've had some great times with actresses, but that's in a movie.
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The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.
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I'm a lifelong Disney nut.
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The average human attention span was 12 seconds in 2000 and 8 seconds in 2013. A drop of 33%. The scary part is that the attention span of a goldfish was 9 seconds, almost 13% more than us humans. That's why it's getting tougher by the day to get people to turn the page. Maybe we writers ought to try writing for goldfish!
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I want a song that raises the hair on the back of my neck when I sing it live and I want to feel it every time.
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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.
