Peter Maurer Quotes
Humanitarian assistance, once conceived as a short-term relief effort, is increasingly the only substitute for long-term development work in protracted armed conflicts.
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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
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In the experience of art, time seems not to exist.
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I've found a letter that was written to me from a girl who was getting married. And she wanted to know the secret of a happy marriage. I said - and I wrote back and said something to the effect that I couldn't - I had no magic formula. And I never sat down and thought about it, but everything just fell into place with Ronnie and me.
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You can't embarrass Joss Whedon, he's got no pride! He fully admits it. 'Oh, it's me. I'm little and goofy.' You can't wound his pride. He's too self-deprecating.
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Anytime rock and metal can get on mainstream TV at all, it's a good thing.
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I think about death most of the day, every day. We can't escape death, and choosing to ignore it only makes it more scary.
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I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people.
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I am proud to have played a small part in ensuring that no veteran's heroic service will be cast aside due to prejudice.
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Fame and fortune are as hard to find as a lightning strike.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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I really am profoundly grateful just in general in my life. I've had an embarrassing amount of good fortune.
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England was the first true colonial power to use its dominion over a large part of Africa, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, North America, and many Caribbean islands, in the first half of the 20th century.
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As women, we must speak out, speak up, say no to our inheritance of loss and yes to a future of women-led dialogue about women's rights and value.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.
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The goal of NIH research is to acquire new knowledge to help prevent, detect, diagnose, and treat disease and disability, from the rarest genetic disorder to the common cold.
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It's well worth making your own harissa, but there are some very good commercial varieties.
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I make images from things I find serendipitously. I don't know what it is, but I know it when I see it. It could be from a newspaper, on the street. It could be something I fell over.
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You will find that our enemies are our own kin. It is they who betray us. So learn this most important lesson-in the end, our worst enemy is ourselves
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My first languages are German and Spanish because I was brought up by a Spanish mother and a German father, so I always spoke both languages at home. I'm very thankful that I was brought up in a bilingual house.
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We're all in this together - when one writer succeeds, all writers succeed. I love discovering new authors. I think we need to take care of each other and talk about craft and nurture talent.
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The multiple roles that women can play in a society if given the opportunity is really a tremendous asset.
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Humanitarian assistance, once conceived as a short-term relief effort, is increasingly the only substitute for long-term development work in protracted armed conflicts.
