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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What is American music? The most satisfying answer I've come across is that it was a kind of natural comfort with the vernacular which is diverse and regional; it's not one particular set of sounds.
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Put not your trust in princes.
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I slip from workaholic to bum real easy.
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I don't see the point of having 80 million people online if all they are doing in the end is talking to ghosts in the suburbs.
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On TV, stories and events are finalized in 30 or 60 minutes, or neatly tied up after a season or two. The best stories are the ones that force us to come to our own conclusions and to explain why we believe in our conclusions.
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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.