Desmond Tutu Quotes
In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society.
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These political movements flourish on the margins of Turkish society because of poverty and because of the people's feeling that they are not being represented.
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We as the Afghan people and government are willing to help Pakistan work for peace in Afghanistan and work for peace in Pakistan, together.
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Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are all in different ways seeking to drag him out of that peripheral position, back to center stage.
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Of course, giving is deeply emotional. But supplementing emotion with research makes it more likely that a gift can have a bigger impact. It's like any investment. After all, you wouldn't put funds into stocks or bonds without understanding the potential return. Why wouldn't you do the same when investing in society?
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With the common Iranian threat bringing the Sunni Arab world and Israel closer together, an Israeli-Palestinian peace would go a long way in improving relations and rebuffing Iran's regional ambitions.
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The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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Ethnic diversity adds richness to a society.
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I accepted the interviews and encounters that had to be held with the media, but I would have preferred to work in peace.
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The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.
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What's my audience? British society. Am I received relatively well? Yes. Is there within that... if you break it down, challenges with Muslim communities? Of course there are.
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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
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The permissiveness of society must be balanced with authoritativeness.
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You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
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Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.
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The Border Ballads, for instance, and the Robin Hood Ballads, clearly suppose a state of society which is nothing but a very circumscribed and not very important heroic age.
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Nothing is better than peace, by which all warfare of heavenly and earthly foes is brought to naught.
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The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.
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You can't reorder any society from outside. You can help from within.
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Peoples everywhere wish and long for peace and freedom in their simplest and clearest connotations: an end to armed conflict and to the suppression of the inalienable rights of man.
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It helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we encounter. It is the principal source of success in life. Since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. The key is to develop inner peace.
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I guess you get pigeon-holed in Hollywood, but I'm ok with that because I've been able to do a lot. I started in the theater, then I went to stand-up comedy, and then when I went into the movies to do comedy and drama and big movies and small movies.
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You'll never win anything with kids.
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In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society.
