Ban Ki-moon Quotes
Since [violence against women] is rooted in discrimination, impunity and complacency, we need to change attitudes and behavior - and we need to change laws and make sure they are enforced just like you are doing in Cuba.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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If you interact with anyone, ultimately, all people are the same. However they're dressed, when you're in the house with a person, they're going to be a regular human being.
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My aim is to change the social norms of Pakistan; women here look up to me. I started very early, worked on myself, and the effect is for all to see.
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Everybody wants to laugh - you know that. They need to laugh... people need to laugh.
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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How can something that's 95% water be so divisive? Alone among vegetables, the poor, innocent stick of celery elicits the most vicious attacks.
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I am a reluctant celebrity, in some ways.
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Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
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The stakes are high on every film now because there's the opening weekend. The first week is extremely crucial; increasingly, films are being judged in terms of opening day, opening weekend, then first week. People are going berserk promoting their films.
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.
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I'm a slow starter.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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It's not quite right to be sitting outside India and to be judging what is happening in India.
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Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources.
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Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I.
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I turned Compaq from a small company with troubles into a computer powerhouse. We can do the same at Intershop.
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I wanted to join the Army when football failed. That was my only realistic form of making an honest living.
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Hemingway was a jerk.
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I think the real needs in the country are for cultural renewal.
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I've always been able to let stuff go when I'm done with work.
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I'd be happy if anyone wore my fragrance. They don't have to be famous.
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I feel like I've finally made it as an actor. I've been doing this for years and you don't always make a movie that everybody likes.
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The ideas that define Western civilization, Nietzsche said, are based on Christianity. Because some of these ideas seem to have taken on a life of their own, we might have the illusion that we can abandon Christianity while retaining them. This illusion, Nietzsche warns us, is just that. Remove Christianity and the ideas fall too.
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Since [violence against women] is rooted in discrimination, impunity and complacency, we need to change attitudes and behavior - and we need to change laws and make sure they are enforced just like you are doing in Cuba.
