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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Though teenagers are generally very interested in sports, they must realise that education is the most important thing in their lives. They must find the right balance.
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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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Boating on the lake is one of my favorite summer activities.
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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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Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.
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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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I have just joined the Board of the Population Institute because I am convinced that early stabilization of the world's population is important for the attainment of this objective.
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There is no gilding of setting sun or glamor of poetry to light up the ferocious and endless toil of the farmers' wives.
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I did have a dog for a few years when I was little, but then just really had cats until I was about 21.
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Does this boat go to Europe, France?
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I think a Christian definition of the mind should be: an openness to whatever the individual and collective mind reveals to us.
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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.
