Ban Ki-moon Quotes
We have seen in the past where leaders have not been open-minded or have not been flexible. That's why the people came out to the streets and shouted and chanted for more reforms and more freedoms.
Quotes to Explore
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The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.
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Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.
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I know every politician spins the truth a little.
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Black culture has been a huge influence in my life.
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There are many reasons I feel at home in the U.K., but if I were asked to pinpoint the moment I knew I'd arrived, it might well be when I realised the British shared my love of fritters.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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If something pops in my mind and it's easy, I write it.
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My dad's name is Vernon and my mom liked the initials, V. V. My sisters and I got named Victoria, Valerie and Vincent so we'd be V. V.'s, too. But, then when you start getting pets' names that start with a 'v,' it's a little embarrassing.
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I shall always be a priest of love.
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I thought what would be really just choice for a revamp and a reboot is 'The Greatest American Hero.' I think I'd be just that kind of perfect not prepared for this kind of thing, but thrust into circumstances he's not prepared for... that's another niche of mine. Unpreparedness. Not knowing what to do. I'm good at being that guy.
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My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them.
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When you sample something, you're using the crutch of borrowing chords and melodies from a song that's already great, that's already stood the test of time, that's already special. When you're trying to do it all from scratch, you're writing something brand new that has to stand on its own.
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Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.
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If it's a close election, then it's better for the Supreme Court to pick the president, whether or not he won the election. It's just insane on its face.
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It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.
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I wanted to be a professional baseball player.
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The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
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In my view, if you want to get ahead and build wealth, you have to get over your delusion that something only has value if you can measure it.
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I like the stage challenges of having somebody literally falling apart before your very eyes.
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I don't look upon my divorces as mistakes. Those marriages were right for the Bess that made that decision at that time.
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If a king tries to start a war, a mother should go to him and forbid it.
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In those days, even as a boy, I watched some people that I knew were living way beyond their means.
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We have seen in the past where leaders have not been open-minded or have not been flexible. That's why the people came out to the streets and shouted and chanted for more reforms and more freedoms.
