Boutros Boutros-Ghali Quotes
The change began in Somalia, where we discovered that we were involved in an operation where there was no peace, so there was no more a peacekeeping operation because there was no peace.Boutros Boutros-Ghali
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I throw ideas out into the open when I really should just be writing them down in a journal.
Dan Deacon -
I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
Damien Chazelle -
I can't seem to help writing love stories. I definitely crave romance. When I was young, I craved romance in books, but I didn't want to read just romance - love plays such a big part in our lives, it shouldn't be cut out and restricted to its own fiction.
Rainbow Rowell -
Ask not what your teammates can do for you. Ask what you can do for your teammates.
Magic Johnson -
Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
Ralph Marston -
People always ask me, 'Is there a rivalry between the Nickelodeon and Disney stars? Do you guys hate each other?' Like everyone has to be on one team. If you're a Selena Gomez fan, you can't be a Victoria Justice fan. We're both half-Latin, and people put us in the same category.
Victoria Justice
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I enjoy passing time in my house. I'll get up, head out on the terrace, think about what to do, fool around oiling the floorboards or hanging pictures askew.
Daniel Bruhl -
Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
Taslima Nasrin -
I pick my actors primarily based on my gut-feel. They could be rank newcomers or established stars, but if I feel they'll do justice to my characters, they are on. I think Bollywood is now looking towards Kollywood for new faces, and, to my mind, Suriya will be a very successful crossover star because he's very versatile.
Madhur Bhandarkar -
I had maybe watched 'The Apprentice' a couple of times. I didn't know that in later seasons they deported half of their contestants into tents in the backyard. They called it Trump's trailer park.
Naomi Klein -
Sometimes I'll have an idea for a story or have a subject, and that will inspire lyrics, but most of the time, hopefully, they already exist somewhere else.
Beck -
Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
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Eventually I got the call for 'Iron Man,' and I read sides that had nothing to do with what I did in the movie, and I performed it once while no one was in the room - it was videotaped, and I'm sure Shane Black was watching it from his helicopter or something. And then I got a call the next day that I was going down to shoot it.
Adam Pally -
Schweitzer is where I found snowboarding; it will always have a special place in my heart and is a top-notch ski resort. It has some of the best bowl tree skiing in the world and breathtaking views of Sandpoint and Lake Pend Oreille.
Nate Holland -
I was once supposed to play the wind in a commercial - yes, the wind. I didn't get it.
Wagner Moura -
I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self, the more you do.
A. S. Byatt -
Sometimes I read a really good script, and I just know that it's not a good fit.
J. K. Simmons -
In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power - including strong and principled diplomacy.
Barack Obama
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An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
George Eliot -
Until he extends the circle of his compassion to all living things, man will not himself find peace.
Albert Schweitzer -
Young people of every continent, do not be afraid to be the saints of the new millennium! Be contemplative, love prayer; be coherent with your faith and generous in the service of your brothers and sisters, be active members of the Church and builders of peace.
Pope John Paul II -
We must uphold the fighting of tigers and flies at the same time, resolutely investigating law-breaking cases of leading officials and also earnestly resolving the unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems which happen all around people.
Xi Jinping -
High school is closer to the core of the American experience than anything else I can think of.
Kurt Vonnegut -
The change began in Somalia, where we discovered that we were involved in an operation where there was no peace, so there was no more a peacekeeping operation because there was no peace.
Boutros Boutros-Ghali