Boutros Boutros-Ghali Quotes
It was a mistake. I was wrong, but I discovered this many years later. I was acting on the basis of this mandate given me by the most important leaders of the world: President Bush's father, prime minister of France, President Mitterand, the Chinese, everybody.
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I've been to a few conventions, you know, when the tax man knocks at the door and the 'Star Wars' convention people say: 'Do you want to come and sign some autographs?'
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I don't believe in societal restrictions. It wasn't a choice - conformity simply never occurred to me.
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I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.
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I was a kid who had asthma and bifocals and wore sweater vests.
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Women can drive progress towards the central goals of mine action, which aims to increase security, rebuild communities, reclaim land and end the looming fear caused by explosive remnants of war.
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The simpler I keep things, the better I play.
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The biggest rival I had in my career was me. I couldn't control Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Tom Watson or Lee Trevino. The only person I could control was me.
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I got involved with an acting school and studied for a couple years. They used to have improv exercises that you would work on and you would do improvs.
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First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.
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Nothing is more enjoyable for me than when I'm watching a movie or a TV show and there's that sense that anything can happen. It is the most fun feeling in the world.
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It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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Whenever you do an animated project or a voice-over project it's inevitable that part of your personality comes into play.
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Perhaps one of the most difficult things for us to do is to choose a notable and joyous dress for men. There would be more joy in life if we were to accustom ourselves to use all the beautiful colours we can in fashioning our own clothes.
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Push-ups, sit-ups, and a strict diet of raisins. That's my plan.
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In fact I enjoyed every minute of my life at King's, especially the discovery of French and German literature.
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I'm not a karma guy. I don't believe in any kind of luck, either. ... We've been fortunate. I would say that.
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For all of us, whether we walk old paths or blaze new trails, friends remain important.
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It was a mistake. I was wrong, but I discovered this many years later. I was acting on the basis of this mandate given me by the most important leaders of the world: President Bush's father, prime minister of France, President Mitterand, the Chinese, everybody.
