Peter Maurer Quotes
The principal cause of suffering during humanitarian crises is insufficient respect of applicable rules of international humanitarian law.
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My mother has been a wonderful model for the professional woman - a loving mother dedicated to both her family and her work. She inspired me, made me proud, and developed in me an enormous respect for women in general.
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Delaware is the only state east of the Rockies that is allowed under federal law to offer sports betting.
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Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
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Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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You have to really love women in order to really just have a respect for women and love them. No man - I don't care what kind of man it is, how feminine he is - they never could understand what we go through as far as physically and mentally.
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All my life, I've been working with male directors, which I've really enjoyed. And I'm lucky in that I've worked with men who have a lot of respect for women. But working with a woman is a different experience. It feels like the communication is different.
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The Obama administration came into Utah and said, 'We're not going to listen to what the U.S. Supreme Court said. 'We, the federal government, are going to recognize marriages in the state of Utah and Utah state law explicitly does not recognize as marriage,' and that was really, in my view, an abuse of power.
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I've been blessed with a wonderful husband, two caring daughters and sons-in-law, and four really special grandchildren. They have each enhanced my life.
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Self-respect, the value of 'face,' is universal but is most pronounced in China, then in Japan where the Confucian ethic is most influential.
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The right to marry is vital in society. It's a right that's older than the Bill of Rights because it goes back to the common law.
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Every human being, of whatever origin, of whatever station, deserves respect. We must each respect others even as we respect ourselves.
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Collaboration is just, really, a group of people getting in a room with their eye on a very similar prize and wanting to come out with the same show. The director, ultimately, is the guy in front of whom the buck stops. So, he has to have the courage to prevail. But, he has got to have a huge amount of respect for his collaborators.
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Understand, our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They've got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law.
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I didn't know at all I wanted to do TV. I thought I might go to law school. I might want to become a history professor.
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I believe in one power, and that is the hand of God. I respect all religions.
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Suffering from dysentery at sea was no picnic.
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Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election.
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If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect.
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People tease me about knowing somehow that Obama would put Clinton into the cabinet, and everybody would talk about a team of rivals.
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When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose.
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There are many out there who proudly call themselves critics, but I have come to see that many of those critics have never tested their own skill.
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Given that we cannot know all the elements in a problem, we never can solve it.
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My father was a waiter basically, and when I got my first professional job as an actor, I left a job that he found me for half the amount of money. So anyone would think that they're stupid, that that would be a stupid move.
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The principal cause of suffering during humanitarian crises is insufficient respect of applicable rules of international humanitarian law.
