Ban Ki-moon Quotes
People everywhere look to the United States to use its remarkable power to help lift humanity up and to work for the common good.
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Like a cyclone, imperialism spins across the globe; militarism crushes peoples and sucks their blood like a vampire.
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All of my friends, I consider childhood friends because we met when I was probably 13, and I'm still friends with them today. It's really nice that I have that core group.
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The Bible may be the truth, but it is not the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
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I am a very reclusive, private person.
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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.
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Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another.
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I was so keen to become a comedian that actually doing the comedy itself almost came second.
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I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Street' was offered. Either way, it would be like going back to my roots.
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I love 'The Wire;' that's my favorite show, so I'll watch that.
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The entirety of 'Bellocq's Ophelia' was a project, and I was interested in doing research and looking at photographs and writing about them, imagining this woman Ophelia and what her life was like and the kinds of things she thought about.
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Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.
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If I say 'Find me an interesting painting' to Google, someday a robot could go around the Picasso museum and take a picture for me.
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A lot of actors and actresses pull from past experiences.
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Back when I was growing up, it was like, 'You're too young to know what you want. We're telling you what you want. It doesn't matter if you like it. And you are stupid. Just so you know.'
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Rock Hudson wasn't my type. He's a great guy and had a great sense of humor.
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There is no proletarian, not even a Communist movement, that has not operated in the interests of money, and for the time being permitted by money - and that without the idealists among its leaders having the slightest suspicion of the fact.
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I wasn't in school often enough to really belong to a 'clique,' but my friends all studied hard and got pretty good grades. They were good people with self-respect. I still like to be friends with people I admire something about; I really believe that we become like the people we're surrounded by, so I choose my friends carefully!
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I've made the decision not to do radio anymore.
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I remember devouring the entire Hardy Boys series over one summer, enthralled by their bravery and cleverness.
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My favorite type of music to sing is country, and my favorite type of music to listen to is country.
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I'm surprised that we've gotten to a point where we don't put our country first and put our party first.
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We need a tax code that promotes savings, investment, achievement, innovation, and hard work.
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I prefer doing interviews where people don't have to interpret what you say. I'm going to be real honest.
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People everywhere look to the United States to use its remarkable power to help lift humanity up and to work for the common good.
