Martti Ahtisaari Quotes
There are always interests that are furthered by war. Therefore, those who have power and influence can also stop them... we should not accept any excuses from those in power.
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I live in the moment, and I reflect later.
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In the daytime, I was studying at school and in the evenings, I was a stage kid. I was trained in theatre and public speaking. I was a really active kid.
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I usually decide what to wear in the morning, but sometimes, I'll have a favorite coat or sweater or shoes, and I'll wear them everyday for a week!
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Oakland kids are always the best.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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I don't like possessions.
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Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded.
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My music, I feel, has always been experimental, but it had got to a point where I felt disconnected from it completely. I didn't want to be a Clark Kent/Superman: I couldn't really say, 'Well, B.o.B's the old me, and Bobby Ray's the new me.' I had to just make a point.
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I was a little too young to be a hippie.
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You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
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I think the thing I'd like to do is just educate the people to some of the travesties they can end.
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If I could gain 1,000 pounds and be healthy, I would love to do that.
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That's all TV acting is. Like, let me find my mark and seem like I'm still acting. Sometimes they'll put sandbags there, but then it's even funnier because you're walking and you're, like, stepping into sandbags, so now you look like you're having a seizure.
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I don't putt face-on exclusively, but in the back on my mind I'm haunted by the notion that I'm sure it's the best way to putt.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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Your best teacher is your last mistake.
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'Girl, Interrupted' is one of my favorite movies.
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You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.
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Our shows today are better and funnier than they've ever been.
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Thus suicidal selfishness, that blights The fairest feelings of the opening heart, Is destined to decay, whilst from the soil Shall spring all virtue, all delight, all love, And judgment cease to wage unnatural war With passion's unsubduable array.
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The wonderful thing about praying is that you leave a world of not being able to do something, and enter God’s realm where everything is possible. He specializes in the impossible. Nothing is too great for His almighty power. Nothing is too small for His love.
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I think I'm better than Mamet, I would say.
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We should see better and more direct measurements of economic well being.
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There are always interests that are furthered by war. Therefore, those who have power and influence can also stop them... we should not accept any excuses from those in power.
