Ban Ki-moon Quotes
I believe in a world of justice and human rights for all. A world where girls can grow up free of fear of abuse. A world where women are treated with the respect and dignity that is their right. A world where poverty is not acceptable. My dear young friends, you can make this your world.
Quotes to Explore
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Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.
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I see my role as a scholar announcing that women's feelings of unworthiness and insecurity often may be traced to training in a male-oriented religion, and I'm trying to investigate a richer spiritual life for both sexes.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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I am completely in favour of dialogue and engagement. But it must be a true, open dialogue.
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It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.
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Accomplish something every day of your life.
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Listen to the Bee Gees and you can learn to be a great writer.
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In America, music is more tightly categorized.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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With ladder matches, you can't expect anything other than craziness.
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You don't try to do more than you should.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I love anything to do with history.
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I was into basketball, but then once I found contact sports, it was over. I never played basketball again in my life.
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My perception is that I've never done anything but work really hard.
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When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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I have been working since I was 11 on everything including period dramas.
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I have no idea why I won, man. I guess some people liked the music that I was doing. I'm just lucky. I was just doing my thing each week.
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Don't worry. For a man who has been dead for fifteen years I am in remarkable health. Love. Mr. Barrymore.
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There is a philosophy that says that if something is unobservable -- unobservable in principle -- it is not part of science. If there is no way to falsify or confirm a hypothesis, it belongs to the realm of metaphysical speculation, together with astrology and spiritualism. By that standard, most of the universe has no scientific reality -- it's just a figment of our imaginations.
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I guess I'm just not the film femme fatale type. I giggle too much. I have freckles and a turned-up nose, and I walk like an athlete.
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I cannot be silent when facing these evils against women and children.
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I believe in a world of justice and human rights for all. A world where girls can grow up free of fear of abuse. A world where women are treated with the respect and dignity that is their right. A world where poverty is not acceptable. My dear young friends, you can make this your world.
