Margaret Chan Quotes
Geneva is a city where the living conditions and hospitality provided by both the population and authorities of Geneva - at all levels - are exemplary and greatly facilitate the work and daily life of WHO employees.
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I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about what's important in life.
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Los Angeles is a city known as much for it's sun as for its stars and it's dirty air.
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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It is as difficult to define or classify Islamic cinema as it would be a Christian, Jewish or Buddhist one.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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I'd be more likely to go for somebody who is like me. Well, I like creative people, so whatever that means... Yeah, authentic and creative.
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So, what you can do in Microsoft Word is what Bill Gates has decided. What you can do in Oracle Database is what Larry Ellison and his crew have decided.
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With Spotify, people don't get it until they try it. Then they tell their friends.
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We sometimes think that being a celebrity is the same as being a role model. But a role model is actually someone you can touch, talk to and dream with.
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I like doing my own stunts.
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As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around.
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Leaving Australia was the hardest thing I have ever done.
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I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.
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I'm an optimist. My own fiction, while it has its own dark warnings about pitfalls ahead, depicts the potential of science to improve society by networking human minds.
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Global actions require local and national participation. International cooperation and action requires community perspectives and legitimacy if it is to be effective.
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I was born in Somalia, which is in East Africa. My parents started with nothing: poor, poor, poor. They eloped, which was unheard of in my country, when my father was 17 and my mother was 14.
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I will forever be proud to call myself a Bruin and will never forget the memories that were made here.
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I think most actors feel an obligation to do right by the people they're playing.
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For me, temptation is life and I have a gargantuan appetite for everything.
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Cable TV has become where the best actors, writers and directors have gone to work because they are allowed to do character-driven stories.
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I don't think the money people in Hollywood have ever thought I was normal, but I am dedicated to my work and that's what counts.
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I worked in theater my whole life. My mom was a drama teacher at my middle school. In high school, I was Drama Club President every year, and then I auditioned for conservatory acting programs.
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Geneva is a city where the living conditions and hospitality provided by both the population and authorities of Geneva - at all levels - are exemplary and greatly facilitate the work and daily life of WHO employees.
