Jose Ramos-Horta Quotes
Working together, they will dig out the truth and nothing but the truth about what happened in '99, to assign responsibility, and to look at the institutional failings.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace.
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Musical compositions can be very sad - Chopin - but you have the pleasure of this sadness. The cheap consolation is: you will be happy. The higher consolation is the pleasure and recognition of your unhappiness, the pleasure of having recognised that fate, destiny and life are such as they are and so you reach a higher form of consciousness.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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I just love France, I love French people, I love the French language, I love French food. I love their mentality. I just feel like it's me. I'm very French.
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Education - much like law or medicine - should be a profession governed by professionals. Unfortunately, too many policies, even those that are well-intentioned, come from the top, leaving out those closest to the classroom, who have the greatest insight into how to provide a high-quality education for all students.
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You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
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I was from a tough neighborhood, and we didn't have a lot of money, but my dad worked hard, and my mom is good at budgeting things. That made me appreciate things.
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I'm not sad at all about turning 40.
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I'm totally fine with people criticizing me in shows... people like this show, or don't; you're entitled to your opinion. But when people are criticizing you as a person, I have to say it's a little bit different.
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With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
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In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.
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The weakness in traditional Scottish nationalism lay in its own inability to grasp that identity could not be the only factor in the march to independence.
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War used to be something you could stand on the nearby hill and watch. Now we have total war; everybody's in it. We have total economics as well. Everything affects everybody. The Malaysian currency shakes, and people around the world are seriously affected.
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I love being in a courtroom.
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She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves.
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The older I get, the better I understand that every day is a gift.
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I don't ever think a day is a perfect day. There's always something.
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Being in the Premier League would be a dream come true.
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I pride myself on being limber.
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I've bowed to you for too long, and if I continue to do it, we will all suffer.
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Working together, they will dig out the truth and nothing but the truth about what happened in '99, to assign responsibility, and to look at the institutional failings.
