Ban Ki-moon Quotes
Universal ratification of the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict will establish an international moral consensus that no child should take part in hostilities or be involuntarily recruited and that former child soldiers should be assisted by their governments after a life of violence and distress.Ban Ki-moon
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I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
Carlos Ghosn -
Iggy Pop has a voice that's somehow simultaneously self-mocking, wild, precise, amused, righteous, cool, contained and bold. I don't know how he does what he does.
Kate Christensen -
In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
Feisal Abdul Rauf -
What I would ask the Democrat Party is to put your plan on the table, because most people agree with the facts, and the facts are that Social Security is running out of money.
Jack Kingston -
When I was a kid in Michigan, I used to play ball with a town team on Sunday. Of course, I'd go to church first. Played the church organ, as a matter of fact.
Larry MacPhail -
I have a funny family, but none of them are remotely in show business.
Wanda Sykes
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I'll hear people say every so often that having HIV must not be so bad - 'Just look at Magic and how well he's doing.'
Magic Johnson -
Nothing exists except through language.
Hans-Georg Gadamer -
I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
Yani Tseng -
Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. -
Instantaneous and mass communication is the mother of mass naivety. Should we then lose hope? Is there any hope? But to lose hope is as dangerous as to nurture false hope. Where then can we find hope that is responsible?
Tariq Ramadan -
That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it.
Taylor Dayne
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
Victoria Pendleton -
I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
Harold Pinter -
There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.
Walt Disney -
On the summit of Everest, I had a feeling of great satisfaction to be first there.
Edmund Hillary -
Well, it's taken a long time to get the Department of Homeland Security established. It's taken a long time for the Congress to decide how much it wanted to fund.
Warren Rudman -
You don't have to worry about being a number one, number two, or number three. Numbers don't have anything to do with placement. Numbers only have something to do with repetition.
Ornette Coleman
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My only job as an actor is to try and understand the character and, to the best of my ability, bring this character to life.
Patrick Warburton -
I need to rein myself in sometimes.
Kevin Pietersen -
I love the way Damon Lindelof writes. It's almost like he was channeling me and he had my voice, even though the territory that those lines cover is unpredictable, and goes from raw emotion to laugh out loud funny but always true.
Scott Glenn -
So it's mainly a question of helping the Third World overcome the effects of global warming.
Bjorn Lomborg -
I want every day to be a fresh start on expanding what is possible.
Oprah Winfrey -
Universal ratification of the Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict will establish an international moral consensus that no child should take part in hostilities or be involuntarily recruited and that former child soldiers should be assisted by their governments after a life of violence and distress.
Ban Ki-moon