Ban Ki-moon Quotes
Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
Quotes to Explore
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There are days where you do everything right and nothing goes in your favour.
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The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
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Having companies like PotashCorp based in Saskatoon or Cameco based in Saskatoon that have worldwide presence but have the head office jobs, the head office managers and head office employees in your local economy are important from a job creation and wealth creation point of view.
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Ecuador is a country which defends the right to life.
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I'm not afraid of failing. I don't like to fail. I hate to fail. But I'm not afraid of it.
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What is a diary as a rule? A document useful to the person who keeps it. Dull to the contemporary who reads it and invaluable to the student, centuries afterwards, who treasures it.
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I personally see myself as a musician in the first place. You know, I don't want to say I will be a producer and DJ for the rest of my life. I can totally see myself being in another band in five years, if that's what my heart and soul wants to do, if that's what will make me happy. I'm totally happy to just not DJ anymore.
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I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family.
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Sorrel adds a unique grassy sharpness to salads and dressings, but it can be hard to come by.
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The American dream always meant that anybody willing to put in a hard day's work could make a decent living. That's just not true anymore for people without at least some post-high school education.
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I wish I were kind of normal. It would be so much more simple.
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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I try not to see Woody Harrelson because he has become this big movie star, and it grates, so I try and stay away from him.
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You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.
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I couldn't find anyone doing something about the astounding injustices women were experiencing, so I decided to do something myself. I cannot tell you how many people ridiculed my efforts.
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Personally, I am not so affected by my environment. What I build in the creative process is not necessarily connected to what I am physically in contact with. I am always observing everything, but it will not necessarily have a direct impact on what I do.
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This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.
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No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
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If he's worried about this he would have retired five years ago.
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Obviously the way that I talk and the way that I dress all has to do with the way that I was raised. As far as the drive, when I was 18 or 21 years old, everything I did was because I wanted to go play music simply because that's what I wanted to do.
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I still retain a bit of a child's focus on things, so we [with my sister] figure if we're going to write books, our best shot is to write children's books, because we relate pretty readily on that level.
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Bind up their wounds - but look the other way.
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I think my father is probably the best coach ever because, if we talk about numbers, he's got a lot and he's only had two players.
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Since I became Secretary-General, five years ago, I have seen youth participate at the United Nations as never before.
