Jan Egeland Quotes
Finally, I also come in recognition of the great work that has been undertaken by the NGOs and UN agencies that have been active for many years here, especially through the local staff and international staff here in Somaliland and in Somalia at large.
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Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
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My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.
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I want to see more Asians on TV. I want to see more faces like mine on TV.
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In the last four years, I heard the same thing over and over again from people: 'We've had enough,' 'Our country is drifting,' 'We've lost our way.'
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In the '80s the band was 24/7. You were only as good as what you were producing at any given moment. Now my family is more important. I also think having the shock of your mum and dad dying humbles you slightly.
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There are a lot of people in Congress who would never have made a great career or fortune in any other profession. But after they spend a while hanging out with the rich guys, they begin to feel they've been undervalued, and that an eventual seven-figure income as a lobbyist isn't just an opportunity, it's their due.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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I identified in a very deep way with the individuals I was writing about because the theme that runs through this story is of extraordinary hardship and the will to overcome it.
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I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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A bicycle has transformed my experience of London.
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History rarely repeats itself, but its echoes never go away.
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I don't remember ever not singing. My mother loved music, and she taught me songs, country music, spirituals. I would sing for people and pass the hat when I was 4.
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The level of dynamism is a matter of how fertile the country is in coming up with innovative ideas having prospects of profitability, how adept it is at identifying and nourishing the ideas with the best prospects, and how prepared it is in evaluating and trying out the new products and methods that are launched onto the market.
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Everybody that you could name would join in our audiences from, Laguardia on down. Everybody came. Everybody came to the Cotton Club.
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The civil unrest of recent days must come to an end, and the healing process must begin for the future of the community. We will provide assistance both in ending the violence and enabling the healing process in Benton Harbor.
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You study all your life, you work really hard to do your best work onstage and onscreen, and then you make your best money playing an ant.
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In the Constitution of the United States, Negroes are referred to as fellows although the word 'slave' is carefully avoided before the thirteenth amendment.
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I tour whether I have album out or not. I tour more than any other hip-hop artist.
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It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.
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Finally, I also come in recognition of the great work that has been undertaken by the NGOs and UN agencies that have been active for many years here, especially through the local staff and international staff here in Somaliland and in Somalia at large.
