Ban Ki-moon Quotes
All nuclear material in weapons programmes must be subject one day to binding international verification.
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I've stopped reading about the death of books because it's wasteful and morbid and insulting to the authors, agents, publishers, booksellers, critics, and readers that keep the world community of fiction interesting.
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We're not ever interested in repeating ourselves or doing what people expect us to do, it's such a turn off.
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I have dedicated many years to economic study, up to the Ph.D. level, to analyze and understand the inherent weaknesses of aid and why aid policies have consistently failed to deliver on economic growth and poverty alleviation.
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I get some heat for what English people call 'overproduction.' I don't think my older stuff was overproduced, but I do think that sound has dated.
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The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.
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People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.
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There are a lot of mindless moments in my tunes.
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I feel most akin as an artist, in my life and my career, to Agatha Christie.
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There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.
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The great mass of women throughout history have been confined to the cultural level of animal life in providing the male with sexual outlet and exercising the animal functions of reproduction and care of the young.
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In law school, I earned the respect of professors and served on the editorial board of 'The Yale Law Journal.'
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I don't drink hot beverages.
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People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph.
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That's everybody's goal, when they come to the league, is to win a Super Bowl. That's the ultimate goal.
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You work with some people, you see a spark in them and you can't help praising them. But everyone has their own destiny. No one can make anyone. Who reaches where and when, is all written.
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I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.
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There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
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I wrote in the book very specifically what I wanted to write about, period, and left it at.
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Where do the evils like corruption arise from? It comes from the never-ending greed. The fight for corruption-free ethical society will have to be fought against this greed and replace it with 'what can I give' spirit.
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When Scorsese or Coppola cast celebrities in their work, it goes without question.
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If one cannot get along without a mirror, even in shaving oneself, how can one reconstruct oneself or one's life, without seeing oneself in the "mirror" of literature?
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I am not so secretly a comedian. I write a lot of my own material if you've seen videos I've done. I write jokes.
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The status quo - Obamacare - is not acceptable.
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All nuclear material in weapons programmes must be subject one day to binding international verification.
