Ban Ki-moon Quotes
On this International Day for the Abolition of Slavery let us reaffirm the inherent dignity of all men, women and children. And let us redouble our efforts to build societies in which slavery truly is a term for the history books.
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You can celebrate the female form in comfort. We left corsets behind in the dark ages, so why bring them back now?
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Left the ranch in 1883, went to California, going through the States and territories, reached Ogden the latter part of 1883, and San Francisco in 1884.
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Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back you. But if you have to entice people will walk-on roles and crazy credits, you're undermining yourself.
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I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.
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I spent a good amount of my time - like a lot of guys my age - obsessing and blowing things up with G.I. Joes. I know it well.
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I don't meet many people who are talking about shows on Showtime.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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It is typical of women to fester and ferment over disappointments, slights, annoyances, angers, etc.
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I'm always singing and dancing and getting up in people's faces.
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A high-quality public education can build much-needed skills and knowledge. It can help children reach their God-given potential. It can stabilize communities and democracies. It can strengthen economies. It can combat the kind of fear and despair that evolves into hatred.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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Whenever I visited China in the past, the relationships always felt superficial; there was no time where I felt those moments of conflict and delight that make you feel close to another person. But since I started touring there in 2004, I would always collaborate with local musicians, and that opened up a new level of intimacy.
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My parents were amazing and wonderful, but there was a lot of pressure to do my best and in every way possible.
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I think when you're doing good work, you don't necessarily need to be validated.
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What makes maftoul worth celebrating is that it's so easy and forgiving to cook.
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I got a scholarship to Seattle University and I was writing arrangements for singers and everybody. But the music course was too dry and I really wanted to get away from home.
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I had so much fun doing Django, and I love westerns so much that after I taught myself how to make one, it's like, 'OK, now let me make another one now that I know what I'm doing.'
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Stardom is only a by-product of acting. I don't think being a movie star is a good enough reason for existing.
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I was like, 'Did I win Roland Garros? What happened?'
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It is in the nature of science that once a position becomes orthodox it should be suggested to criticism.... It does not follow that, because a position is orthodox, it is wrong.
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I'm one of those low-maintenance people - let's get it done and get going. It's not that painful to wax, but... I don't have time for it - just give me the razor.
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The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not.
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I've told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation.
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On this International Day for the Abolition of Slavery let us reaffirm the inherent dignity of all men, women and children. And let us redouble our efforts to build societies in which slavery truly is a term for the history books.
