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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Humour allows people to exhale a little.
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Traditional credentialing really doesn't have a lot of predictive value to if people will be successful.
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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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We Germans should know that we're good at constructing cars, and we have a lot of good qualities. But we're not the funniest.
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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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This career is a relentless hustle because Hollywood is crowded with too many smart, talented people pursuing the same dream and the same pool of entertainment investment dollars. And unlike in law or medicine, there are no college degrees required - no barriers to entry.
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People have drawn me, which is super cool. I'd love to print some out and put them on my wall.
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I look at myself like a farmer, harvesting my wares and taking them to the market, and then I go back and do it again.
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Not seeing people allows you to think of them as perfect in all kinds of ways.
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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.
