Peter Maurer Quotes

I have known Sepp Blatter, FIFA and football for a long time, and there are some fundamental values which FIFA and the ICRC share.

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• Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.

  

  Ian Millar
  • Strong
  • Dead
  • Older

• When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.

  

  Barbara Ehrenreich
  • People
  • World
  • Words

• The world needs some help.

  

  Zac Brown Band
  • World
  • Help
  • Needs

• Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.

  

  Taylor Caldwell
  • Character
  • Genes

• I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.

  

  Vance McAllister
  • People
  • Care
  • Elected

• The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.

  

  Damien Rice
  • Good
  • Work
  • Running

• I never believed that U2 wanted to save the whales. I don't believe that The Beastie Boys are ready to lay it down for Tibet.

  

  Iggy Pop
  • Believe
  • Never
  • Down

• Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.

  

  Gary Larson
  • Good
  • Think
  • Me

• At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Night
  • Dressing
  • Outfit

• I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
  • Control
  • Admit
  • Freak

• The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in whose light justice and injustice, good and evil, means and ends are seen in fearful sharpness of outline.

  

  Jacob Bronowski
  • Good
  • Light
  • Evil

• In theater, there's a lot of work to do to build the characters. It's a great experience.

  

  Tcheky Karyo
  • Work
  • Great
  • Experience

• If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.

  

  Marat Safin
  • Man
  • Lose
  • Losing

• If it's nice out, I swim pretty much every day for about half an hour. I have a great pool; it's very private and not too many people use it.

  

  Yunjin Kim
  • People
  • Great
  • Pretty

• What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.

  

  Ian Mckellen
  • People
  • Real
  • Friendship

• I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Own
  • Too Much
  • Admit

• Modeling is basically 'Buy more stuff! Don't you want some more stuff? It will make you look ten years younger and men will like you!' If I'd wanted to be a salesperson, I would have got a job selling.

  

  Uma Thurman
  • Men
  • Job
  • Modeling

• Music is like my security blanket.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • Music
  • Security
  • Blanket

• I like part-time jobs in restaurants.

  

  Tao Lin
  • Time
  • Like
  • Jobs

• 'Alarm' was about a boy that cheated on me, and when I found out, I wondered if I should give him another chance. I used to give a lot of chances to people hoping they would become better people, but this one didn't.

  

  Anne-Marie
  • People
  • Boy

• I've never crossed over to be a big star. I'd like to be in a big $100 million movie, though. 'Cause I was in an 'Austin Powers,' I think I had two lines, and every once in a while, I get a check, a really nice check, for that movie.

  

  Fred Willard
  • Movie
  • Nice
  • Star

• I got married and had a baby, so I was doing the mummy thing. I got hyperemesis and was only supposed to go away for maternity leave, but then it ended up being three or four years, and by that time, it was hard to get back into the music world, so when Drake called, it was the perfect opportunity.

  

  Kyla Reid
  • Up
  • Time
  • World

• All I can say is, the universe is in a good shape, it's earth that has all the problems.

  

  Neil deGrasse Tyson
  • Good
  • Earth
  • Universe

• I have known Sepp Blatter, FIFA and football for a long time, and there are some fundamental values which FIFA and the ICRC share.

  

  Peter Maurer
  • Time
  • Long
  • Football