Boutros Boutros-Ghali Quotes
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There's no first impressions anymore. You go to a job interview, and they'll probably Google you. It's a shame - people should play it a little closer to the chest as far as what information they release to the world. If I'm angry about something, I'm not going to take to my Twitter.
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I came to America to become an architect. And somewhere along the line while I was still in school, I was lured into theater, and that's how I became interested in theater. My first play was something called 'A Banquet for the Moon.' It was a weird play.
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There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.
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The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it.
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The only control we have over the duration of our life is to shorten it, and we do that all the time.
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We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America.
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In English, I'm a little bit limited. I speak English as a second language, and that's a little limitation that I have to work around and I have to use it to my favor. So, yes, that's why I end up wanting to do more things in Latin America.
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I am somebody who is constantly hungry to nibble on something.
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I'm now beginning to feel that the pessimistic vision is not for the movies.
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I think metal and horror definitely go hand in hand. Even when you go to a horror convention and meet the fans, nine out of 10 times if they're not wearing some sort of horror shirt, they're wearing a shirt with a metal band on it.
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I don't think people in America understand race, and how deep the hooks of whiteness there are in our consciousness.
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Oman overall has great animal and plant biodiversity because it has mountains, desert, coastal areas and rich coral reefs.
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Men and women were declared equal one morning and everybody could divorce each other by postcard.
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A private soldier has as much right to justice as a major-general.
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In Japan, a company worker's position is secure. He is retrained for another job if his present job is eliminated by productivity improvement.
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How much the work of an artist owes to an art movement to which he belongs can never be determined exactly, if only because the movement derives its character from the individual creations of its members.
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Bends to the grave with unperceived decay,While resignation gently slopes the way;And, all his prospects brightening to the last,His heaven commences ere the world be past.
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The love of praise, howe'er concealed by art,Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart.
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And yet, I wake up every day to a sensation of pervading disgust and annoyance. I probably ought to carry around some kind of thermometer or other instrument, to keep checking that I am not falling prey to premature curmudgeonhood.
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I use God in my songs a lot but I don't have a relationship. I don't know what that means.
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I know it can be dangerous, but I love racing. I worry my wife, but she knows it's important to me.
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It's tragic that there are so few farmer-direct coffees in Africa, but it's very tough.
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I used to say I never talk about my successor, neither about my predecessor.
