William Sloane Coffin Quotes
Truth is always in danger of being sacrificed on the altars of good taste and social stability.
William Sloane Coffin
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We are a pluralist civilisation because we allow mosques to be built in our countries, and we are not going to stop simply because Christian missionaries are thrown into prison in Kabul. If we did so, we, too, would become Taliban.
Umberto Eco
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New York has an amazing history of farming and fishing that goes right back to the Pilgrim Fathers. At its core are the four seasons, which are distinct, well-established and similar to those in Lyon, where my family lives: when it's snowing in New York, a week later it will be snowing there.
Daniel Boulud
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I really want to try soccer after I retire because I've watched football over the years and I think I could be a good contender.
Usain Bolt
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Every child, woman and man has a right to enough nutritious food for an active and healthy life.
Ban Ki-moon
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I've learned how to stay humble. I don't want to get in over my head because when you do that it takes you off your game.
Gabby Douglas
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If I was a woman, I would be dressed in the same thing for a month and just change my hat and gloves. Maybe my shoes too; yes, I see what you mean but, really, it's jewels that change an outfit.
Manolo Blahnik
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We are all focused each and every day on doing our jobs, chief executive of our states, until the very last hour that we are in office, and certainly the president is as well.
Maggie Hassan
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I'm not the government. Nor would I EVER want to be the government - I don't know how you feel about government, but I'm not really happy about them.
Bernard von NotHaus
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At the age of 16 I started performing with a dance band in the evenings and began earning more money than my father, but he was pleased for me.
Jack Bruce
Cream
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As America is transformed from a 90 percent European American nation, as it was in the 1960s, to one where we will soon be a minority, should we not ask some pertinent questions. Is this racial diversity enriching, or will it be damaging to our social fabric?
David Duke
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Women are more focused on the development of the quality of life in their countries. They are more involved in social and family policies, childcare, and poverty reduction.
Dalia Grybauskaite
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Truth is always in danger of being sacrificed on the altars of good taste and social stability.
William Sloane Coffin
