Jennifer McMahon Quotes
You can have the greatest characters in the world and write beautifully, but if nothing's happening, the story falls on its face pretty quickly.
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Do not hide behind utopian logic which says that until we have the perfect security environment, nuclear disarmament cannot proceed. This is old-think. This is the mentality of the Cold War era. We must face the realities of the 21st century. The Conference on Disarmament can be a driving force for building a safer world and a better future.
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When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.
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If there's anything that would unite the world, it would be music.
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White Americans today don't know what in the world to do because when they put us behind them, that's where they made their mistake... they put us behind them, and we watched every move they made.
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I would like to spend Christmas in different countries all over the world. I love seeing how different cultures celebrate the holidays in their own unique ways.
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When you use the word 'fair' in television, you're already in a fantasy world. Nothing is really fair in television.
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Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.
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May books spread the world over!
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One of the biggest mistakes a photographer can make is to look at the real world and cling to the vain hope that next time his film will somehow bear a closer resemblance to it.
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I don't burn any calories trying to be masculine; I just happen to be from that world.
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If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.
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I was pretty much a hippie. I was a vegetarian, gypsy-like. I liked to meditate, and it's curious because I was very much attracted to the possibility of change.
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When you take the world record, a lot of people are going to go out there to get you, really. I kind of enjoy that. I like being chased.
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The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage of talent.
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The thing with me is, about that - about rock and all that - years and years of crate-digging, listening to old music, you kind of start to connect the dots. And I was seeing the thread that was connecting everything together, which is pretty much the blues. And everything soul or funk kind of starts with that.
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Any rehearsal process - I find, anyway - does have quite an effect on me, and I very much live in that world for the whole period of time that I'm involved with the production. But normally, afterwards with a little bit of space, I can come right back out of it again.
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What I say now is that the way the world underestimates me will be my greatest weapon. People pat me on the head, and I go to myself, oh, and aren't they going to be surprised.
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Go back through football, and you will see that the team with the best defense wins.
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In China, I helped introduce UNEP's campaign to reduce food waste on World Environment Day. The government took notice of food waste issues and now, when you over-order in a restaurant, you are encouraged to downsize. This is where people can really impact policy and vice versa!
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This regionalization is in keeping with the Tri-Lateral Plan which calls for a gradual convergence of East and West, ultimately leading toward the goal of one world government. National sovereignty is no longer a viable concept.
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We have to look at queerness as a means towards challenging normativity.
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I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance.
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Sir, he's a good dog, and a fair dog.
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You can have the greatest characters in the world and write beautifully, but if nothing's happening, the story falls on its face pretty quickly.
