Ban Ki-moon Quotes
The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest.
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When I started out back in Louisville, there was Harry Collins. He was my first teacher. He saw that I was so obsessed with magic that he taught me the love of magic.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events. I live in the real world.
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A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy.
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If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.
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I feel very, very, very intent on only releasing things that I believe are fully worthy.
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'Fairness' can be an important quality for legislators to consider when they are passing public policies. But it is a subjective standard. And it has no place among judges on a court - whose duty is to dispassionately judge a law's constitutionality.
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People know I have a good time on stage. I love my life. I love my job.
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When an issue is so fraught with partisanship, a special counsel provides some modicum of transparency and accountability rather the the veil of politics.
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Well, I just wanted to be a person. I just wanted them to keep writing me as humanistic as possible.
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'Fargo' is one of my favorite movies.
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I always say spend more on classics, like a good pair of leather trousers, an amazing tailored jacket, or a classic handbag. Then you can just mix your everyday tops from the high street.
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I don't believe that human beings are necessarily monogamous.
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I think that young women and little girls need to see that they don't have to be the damsel in distress. They don't have to not show their strength. They don't have to be whatever the stereotype is or the tropes that we go to in our minds.
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The 21st century - and the atheists - needs the presence of religion, just as religion must deal with the real challenges and the thinkers of the day in order to sharpen the conscience and the intelligence of those who study the timeless sacred texts in a spirit of responding to the questions of their time.
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Any frequent visitor to Hawaii is fixated on mapping how the islands have changed since their last visit.
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(On seeing a former lover for the first time in years) I thought I told you to wait in the car.
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I took a whole stunt course and pretty much got certified as a stunt driver. It's ridiculous how easy it is once you understand the car and know how to do it.
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I have been driven demented in my career.
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Without forgiveness there can be no future for a relationship between individuals or within and between nations.
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When I go to a restaurant, yeah, I know that a line is probably going to form in front of the table, but didn't I always wish for that? Yeah, I did.
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The American people are so much stronger, so much more resolved than any enemy can fully understand.
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Discretion has been termed the better part of valour, and it is more certain, that diffidence is the better part of knowledge.
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The burden for achieving disarmament cannot be borne by peace groups alone. Everybody, regardless of age, income, profession, gender or nationality, has a stake in this quest.
