Joko Widodo Quotes
We need peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. It is important to have political and security stability to build up our economic growth.
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I kind of wanna be pro basketball, pro skateboarder.
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Would I describe myself as new Labour? I'm Labour, organised Labour. I think labels have a limited use and that's where you really get into boy stuff sometimes, just sticking on labels.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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Truth is the best defense.
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Political satire is a serious thing. In democratic newspapers throughout the world there are daily cartoons that often are not even funny, as is the case especially in many English-language newspapers. Instead, they contain a political message, and the artist takes full responsibility.
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In school I was always the funny-looking, tall, skinny kid that got made fun of because of my weird teeth.
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The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled.
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I don't pretend to be a digital savant or even a digital apprentice.
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I'm sure other people in the business have considered reasons why they're doing what they're doing, but I do think that if you're gay you have a responsibility to come out.
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I can forgive the body breaking down. It's a little tougher to forgive that mental lapse.
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You promote your films; it's part of your job. You do the magazine covers and stuff, and then I try to live a really normal life. I definitely don't try to make it into any more craziness than it is.
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Across the globe, disadvantaged children are not living up to their potential because if they attend school at all, the schools are usually not designed to meet their extra needs.
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The preservation of peace and the guaranteeing of man's basic freedoms and rights require courage and eternal vigilance: courage to speak and act - and if necessary, to suffer and die - for truth and justice; eternal vigilance, that the least transgression of international morality shall not go undetected and unremedied.
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When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots.
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Athletics is in my blood.
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For a woman to say she has had a dalliance with another woman is quite trendy these days. I do not like trendiness. Life isn't about dalliances - it's about individuals. You come across people in your life that you find very interesting. It's not about something flighty.
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Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well; but their manners should be of the greatest concern.
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We can't assign beliefs to people who don't have a voice to express them. And we can't assume what someone thinks.
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Out of this nettle - danger - we pluck this flower - safety.
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By adopting the control strategy, the nation's environmental program has created a built-in antagonism between environmental quality and economic growth.
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I would be absolutely astounded if population growth and industrialisation and all the stuff we are pumping into the atmosphere hadn't changed the climatic balance. Of course it has. There is no valid argument for denial.
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We think it’s extremely important to have lots of feedback and input from civil society organizations. Something broad like, Does democracy lead to growth? - these are very difficult questions to answer. It’s almost academic.
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Monti is a person who is an expert on both the political and professional level.
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We need peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. It is important to have political and security stability to build up our economic growth.
