Martti Ahtisaari Quotes
I know what it's like when you are a refugee, living on the mercy of others and having to adjust.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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I don't listen to the radio too much, but usually I listen to Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley more than I do anybody!
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There is nothing you can do to assuage your conscience when you commit sins. Crime is a spiritual assault on the soul.
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Luckily, I was raised by people who'd already seen all the yuck stuff, which is why they originally didn't want me to act. I understood the difference between getting a part at a Hollywood party and getting a job.
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Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.
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I believe the Thai people are patient, and the people at least give me a chance to prove my ability to help them.
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I love samosas filled with mincemeat. My mum makes really great ones.
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My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.
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In Iraq, many of my female friends were architects and professionals with a lot of power during the 1980s while all the men were at war in Iran.
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Truthfully, I'm pretty stuck in the '80s.
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I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life.
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Happiness quantification sounds a bit wishy-washy, sure, and through a series of carefully administered surveys across the globe, economists and psychologists have certainly confronted a fair number of sticky issues around how to measure, and even define, happiness.
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You always learn something from mistakes.
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Building a home for neglected senior citizens is my long time dream.
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The dog is the perfect portrait subject. He doesn't pose. He isn't aware of the camera.
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In Spain, we should have enough intelligence, enough sense of individual and collective responsibility to do for ourselves that which would be imposed upon us by a dictatorship.
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You cannot imagine the wild enthusiasm that these two men created in Vienna. Newspapers went into raptures over each new waltz, and innumerable articles appeared about Lanner and Strauss.
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I'm not a princess,This ain't a fairytale.I'm not the one you'll sweep off her feet,Lead her up the stairwell.This ain't Hollywood,This is a small town.I was a dreamer beforeYou went and let me down.Now it's too late for you and your white horseTo come around.
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Beauty is not everything!
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If you really believe in what you're doing, work hard, take nothing personally and if something blocks one route, find another. Never give up.
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Sports are never just sports, we all know that. You're always carrying the flag in some way, shape or form.
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Mercy begins with a deep awareness of one’s own need for it. Whereas Alinsky first sees injustice in others, the man of mercy first sees sin within himself.
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There were very strict social conventions, and you adhered to it, and I think it gave you a lot of character. When a man said something, he meant it. He wasn't kidding around. There were no jokes involved. Nobody was in the mood to joke unless you hit a guy with a baseball bat.
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I know what it's like when you are a refugee, living on the mercy of others and having to adjust.
