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'm thrilled to be joining Gap Inc., a company that understands the importance of integrating technology and retail in ways that improve the lives of its customers.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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When I started in the mid-'90s, the goal was really to shoot for a film career and stay there.
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The Royal Society view is completely apolitical: it will judge anything based on the evidence. One of the big strengths of the Society is that is it widely perceived as impartial and above the fray. We'd like to make sure it stays that way.
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I like powerful women, and I gravitate to any point in history when a female has significant power. I can spend hours researching any such amazing lady, from Ching Shih to Hatshepsut to Boudica to Zenobia.
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Political extremism involves two prime ingredients: an excessively simple diagnosis of the world's ills, and a conviction that there are identifiable villains back of it all.
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Much of the pressure contemporary parents feel with respect to dressing children in designer clothes, teaching young children academics, and giving them instruction in sports derives directly from our need to use our children to impress others with our economic surplus. We find "good" rather than real reasons for letting our children go along with the crowd.
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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.
