Achim Steiner Quotes
Including the value of natural resources and our social capital in national accounting is a vital step to achieve economic growth that is equitable and sustainable.
Quotes to Explore
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.
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You know, Castle, like anyone else, is a human being first. If you take a human being - especially a vain one like 'Castle' -and you bring in a gorgeous woman and have sparks fly, who can help themselves? What are you gonna do? Sparks happen!
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I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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All I can say is that I did admire 'The Lives of Others', which I thought was really about something and beautifully done.
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Music is very spiritual, it has the power to bring people together.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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My first audition was for a commercial for the lottery. I didn't get it, so I hate the lottery.
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Belief is not restricted to a brief affirmation based on imitation; rather, it has degrees and stages of development. It is like a seed growing into a fully grown, fruit-bearing tree; like the sun's image in a mirror or in a drop of water to its images on the sea's surface and to the sun itself.
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I put down the camera long ago, you know? I was here in London, aged 19, and I was obsessed with my camera, shooting everything I could. Then someone stole it. It helped me to see things for the first time.
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The tensions between authority and the people need to be heard, especially when they are suffering and they can't eat.
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My plays have been strange from the beginning, and they never got unstrange.
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The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.
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Everything I experience influences everything I do.
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For night's swift dragons cut the clouds full fast,And yonder shines Aurora's harbinger;At whose approach ghosts, wandering here and there,Troop home to churchyards.
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'Faster! Faster! Move, you lazy good-for-nothings!' the Hungarian police were screaming.That was when I began to hate them, and my hatred remains our only link today. They were our first oppressors. They were the first faces of hell and death.
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My hope is that we revive 'monopoly' as a core piece of political rhetoric that broadly denotes dominant firms with pernicious powers.
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You could go out with a camcorder tomorrow and make a movie with virtually no money, but promoting a tiny low-budget movie costs $20 million. And the money they spend on the big movies is astronomical.
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I'm privileged, because I have a lot of freedom. I want to use it to make as warm and normal a life as I can for our daughters.
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We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre.
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Man is troubled not by events, but by the meaning he gives them.
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Twenty-fourteen is all about growth musically and new agendas.
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Including the value of natural resources and our social capital in national accounting is a vital step to achieve economic growth that is equitable and sustainable.
