Jose Ramos-Horta Quotes
The East Timorese government does not believe that we should consider compensation for the victims because there are tens of thousands of people who were, in one way or another, affected by the violence either directly or indirectly.
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Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity.
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I am sure that the Ukrainian nation deserves a better life. That is why I have voted for good changes and for stability.
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I go to Malawi twice a year. It's where two of my children were adopted from, and I have a lot of projects there that I go and check up on and children who I look after. It's sort of a commitment that I've made to this country and the hundreds of thousands of children there who have been orphaned by AIDS.
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Inevitably, I think the people that want to work with me are also the people that I want to work with.
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I came to London. It had become the center of my world and I had worked hard to come to it. And I was lost.
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You can talk about and think about Muslims as you want, but you can't stop Muslims from building a mosque. You can hate Muslims from the comfort of your house or publicly, but when that becomes stopping Muslims from building a mosque or worshipping, then we are crossing the line into something else.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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With about a dozen assorted ongoing conflicts in the news every day, and with the stories becoming more horrific, the level of sadness becomes unbearable. And what becomes of our planet when that sadness becomes apathy? Because we feel helpless. And we turn our heads and turn the page.
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Team members have to hold each other accountable. If there's a meeting, all members have to commit to be present and to help one another; they can't just check out when they feel they're not getting any benefits.
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I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.
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I have short-term memory loss. I know that some of the memories of the Super Bowl championships are fading.
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I'm not a sun person.
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A good opening and a good ending make for a good film provide they come close together.
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Men are domineering in rural Haryana, and that shows in sport, too.
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I have a natural right to do whatever I want with my body... as long as it doesn't affect anybody else or any other property.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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A lot of movies are made to make us dream.
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If you want to be a generous giver, you have to watch out for selfish takers.
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The moment an athlete doesn't train, things start to get a bit rusty.
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In Japan, more than in any other country I've ever been in, one is not supposed to write about the people in the glass bubble; that is why they are in the glass bubble.
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I'm a world expert on superhero comics. I think maybe only Michael Chabon knows more than me.
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The longer you are in a place, the more you get under its layers.
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The East Timorese government does not believe that we should consider compensation for the victims because there are tens of thousands of people who were, in one way or another, affected by the violence either directly or indirectly.
