U Thant Quotes
I don't like to be disturbed at home; I tell the cable office not to call me before 6:30 AM, unless there's a war.
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There are hours when I must force the novel out of my mind and be interested in the children.
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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I don't like it when people don't look me dead in the eye. I move my head around trying to catch their eye.
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I am not keen just for the position; I'm keen to help and to serve. If I can really avoid any bad things on my country, I will not hesitate one second.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.
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I'm constantly complimented for my voice, even by random people at the airport!
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Actors don't have real value.
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My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior.
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Let me die because I do not want to see the sun again.
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The question for immigration reform is not if we'll get it done, it's when we'll get it done. It's going to get done.
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I never drink anything hot; I don't like hot drinks, very strange.
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Hearing a whole entire room sing back to me, 'I guess it's true I'm not good at a one-night stand,' you know, I just can't explain the feeling. It's unreal. You feel like you've just read your diary to thousands of people and they've gone, 'It's okay. We still love you.'
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Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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What is it going to take to dismantle the systems that keep me from being able to live well and that keep me and so many other people from being able to access the things that we need and deserve?
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It is not the money but the self-respect and wanting to create good music.
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I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
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I was fortunate to grow up in a middle-class home with two hardworking parents who enjoyed both reading and mathematics.
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War is cruel to the people, and terrible to the conquered.
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I don't like to be disturbed at home; I tell the cable office not to call me before 6:30 AM, unless there's a war.
