Antonio Guterres (António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres) Quotes

Now, it's high time for all those that have an influence on the parties with the conflict to understand that it is in the interest of everybody to put an end to this conflict. But this kind of persuasion, this kind of intense pressure, I believe it's my duty to do, even if I recognize that the contradictions and the different perceptions of interest that exist are making it very difficult.

Antonio Guterres

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• I don't do grey. I like my colour, my style.

  

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• It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.

  

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• I think that God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.

  

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• Getting elected Governor of New Mexico, I really did enjoy that job. I thought I made a really big difference, and I think the same running for president of the United States - that I could make a really big, positive difference.

  

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• I'm not a rock singer and I don't want to be a rock singer. I'm not interested. It doesn't seem to get across.

  

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• Truth never damages a cause that is just.

  

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• In January '77 I went out to LA and have been here 26 years.

  

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• Even before I competed in the Olympics, I always wanted to write a book.

  

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• Being an actor is a good way to earn a living. And to meet fabulous people. It's great to live very comfortably. I've been lucky, I've had a lot of fun with great roles, but it is true that if I were extremely rich, I would stop and I would go to play football on a beach in the Caribbean with my children.

  

  Gary Oldman
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• All through my life, I have never disguised my sentiments about politics in general.

  

  Walter Cronkite
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• Whether I'm a bit of an old soul or not, I am who I am, and that doesn't change, whether I'm with adults or with my friends.

  

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• As an actress, one of the perks is having access to ridiculously expensive clothing and prancing around on the red carpet. Who wouldn't want to have fun with that?

  

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• As soon as I could talk, I chose shorts to wear.

  

  Katarina Johnson-Thompson
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• I remember what it was like to be doing 'Lost' and how creatively immersive it was. I just couldn't really engage on anything else, other than 'Lost;' I was just thinking about it all the time, and then there was just the pure workload, the 70- or 80-hour weeks.

  

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• In the battle between the sexes, men and women will go practically to the end of the earth in illogical, irrational ways to give each other pain.

  

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• All black everyday always

  

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• Love is alike to death, annihilates the senses, My heart it breaks as well, the spirit's drawn from hence

  

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• If you are buying a larger turkey than usual, make sure it will fit in the oven.

  

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• Forgiveness is the choice to see people as they are now. When we're mad at people, we're angry because of something they said or did before this moment. By letting go of the past, we make room for miracles to replace our grievances.

  

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• I try to steal something from the great singers. Of course, I don't want to imitate their sound, but I try to do a sort of compromise.

  

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• Now, it's high time for all those that have an influence on the parties with the conflict to understand that it is in the interest of everybody to put an end to this conflict. But this kind of persuasion, this kind of intense pressure, I believe it's my duty to do, even if I recognize that the contradictions and the different perceptions of interest that exist are making it very difficult.

  

  Antonio Guterres
  • Different
  • Party
  • Kind