Lakhdar Brahimi Quotes
What again I tell my people is that no matter how much you know, it's never enough. You will always discover, after the fact, that you've missed something.
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In the eyes of many people, giving doesn't count unless it's completely selfless. In reality, though, giving isn't sustainable when it's completely selfless.
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In order that people who suffer from depression seek treatment without a second thought, the stigmas must further fall until we reach a point in time when that person with leukemia and that person with depression both receive the same level of sympathy and the same level of rigorous treatment. Both people deserve it.
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You cannot blame the mismanagement of the economy or the fact that we have not invested adequately in education in order to give our people the knowledge, the skills and the technology that they need in order to be able to use the resources that Africa has to gain wealth.
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Politicians are trying to attract people to issues.
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I don't care about what people might call my style. It's just like when people call my music 'jangly,' 'dream,' 'oceanside,' whatever - I don't care. I'm just wearing whatever I can scrap together.
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I understood, through rehab, things about creating characters. I understood that creating whole people means knowing where we come from, how we can make a mistake and how we overcome things to make ourselves stronger.
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I'd like it if people thought I was Jewish looking.
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I'm just observing. I don't ever want people to think I'm preaching at them or wearing them out.
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I want to know what people thought and what they wore and what they ate for breakfast.
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You know, food is such - it's a hug for people.
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There are two kinds of people on this Earth: Those who are content and those who are not.
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I don't know what the future may hold, but I know who holds the future.
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When I'm playing a team sport, it's not about one individual, it's about everyone, from me to the other 23 people who were there, to all the support staff who've worked very hard behind the scenes.
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Hollywood's like a warehouse. It's just a place that you go. What's interesting in the warehouse has to do with the creative people.
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I think at Le Cirque I learned how to make real food, which is what people crave, not just gimmicky things on a plate.
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Do you know what I'm working on now? My first feature as a director.
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The question of likability is a bit of a puzzler for me. You know, I don't write people with likability in mind. It's more whether or not I find them compelling.
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I know it really sounds cheesy, but I did feel a duty to try to tell the stories of people who couldn't speak for themselves.
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'Make your plate look like a Christmas tree,' I tell people, 'mostly green with splashes of other bright colors.'
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If you do a joke that's really old, then what happens is people on Reddit and Twitter just go, 'Real original, you're just doing old jokes!' But bands do it all the time.
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People can also change the timing of when they earn and receive their income in response to government policies.
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Millionaires are marrying their secretaries because they are so busy making money they haven't time to see other girls.
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What again I tell my people is that no matter how much you know, it's never enough. You will always discover, after the fact, that you've missed something.
