Barton Gellman Quotes
Rolf Ekeus, his appearance can deceive. He looks somewhere between an international diplomat and a mad professor. He's got that sort of shock of white hair and a slightly absent-minded way of speaking. But he's extremely sharp and very serious about power relationships.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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I was 21 in 1968, so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared; the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968.
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I love the 'Lost' ending. I stand by it, but there are a lot of people out there who hate it.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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I hate thinking about clothes. I hate shopping.
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I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.
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I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student.
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If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
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I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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I'm aware that beyond my own need to find a personal balance, I should be sending a signal to society as women's minister about the importance of work-life balance.
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All those who are around me are the bridge to my success, so they are all important.
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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I think there are so many phenomenal runners. I grew up watching Cathy Freeman, Kelly Holmes, and Michael Johnson, so I'd say they are my favourites.
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Most people would identify with the fact that we tend to be defined by the struggles we came through than by the successes. And certainly for me that's true.
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My parents realized the dangers of raising a daughter in a social, political, and legal climate that was growing increasingly oppressive toward women and girls. Although they fled to London when I was just three weeks old, the challenges facing women's rights in Iran became ingrained in my social consciousness.
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Drinking a cup of coffee with your eyes closed isn't a sophisticated task for a person, but it's hard for a robot.
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A long novitiate of acquaintance should precede the vows of friendship.
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A sudden intimacy occurs when someone does your hair.
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I'm more disturbed when people expect me to be serious.
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Everybody believes in something and everybody, by virtue of the fact that they believe in something, uses that something to support their own existence.
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Rolf Ekeus, his appearance can deceive. He looks somewhere between an international diplomat and a mad professor. He's got that sort of shock of white hair and a slightly absent-minded way of speaking. But he's extremely sharp and very serious about power relationships.
