Ban Ki-moon Quotes
We must follow the wisdom of the Brundtland Report. We must pursue development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
Quotes to Explore
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Growing up, I was taught that a woman should lower her gaze so that men could never know her thoughts. The so-called modesty of Arab women is, in fact, a war tactic.
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At a very young age I was allowed to go into the cinema and watch adult films.
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Some people change when they think they're a star or something.
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I absolutely welcome a full investigation into the for-profit schools because I think a majority of them are predatory.
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I arrived in California with no job, no car, and no money, but, like millions of other girls, a dream.
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I would like to tell the young men and women before me not to lose hope and courage. Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you.
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To be able to make decisions and see them come to fruition and feel the excitement around them, what it generates within the company, how the artists get motivated - that's the most rewarding part; feeling I can be a catalyst for an artistic experience for our artists and for the public.
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Since I was a small child, I was always writing either poems or plays... plays in which I had the starring part.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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No one person is an island.
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We're not trying to reinvent the wheel; for any environmental organization to claim sole responsibility for any kind of victory is insane, because everybody attacks these problems as a group.
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I like school very much, and I'll go to college if my career slows down. But kids go to college to be where I am today. Not to put college down, but for me, it would be digressing.
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When you get on a good horse, you just know. They are powerful, they stop quickly, they can turn in both directions, and they are fast.
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I was this non-threatening funny guy who contrasted the image of the Brezhnevs and the Reagans of the world.
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I just miss - I miss being anonymous.
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I like fighters who come to fight.
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I get recognized all the time, but not as Haley Bennett.
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Everyone wants to win on Saturday afternoon when the game is played. It’s what you do the other six days that decides the outcome
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And when I met Cecil Taylor it was a complete transformation of musical identities. All the tenets that I had grown up with were thrown out the window.
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Of practical wisdom these are the three fruits: to deliberate well, to speak to the point, to do what is right.
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The early bird catches the worm.
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We must follow the wisdom of the Brundtland Report. We must pursue development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
