Jody Williams Quotes

Even soldiers from the Vietnam War had said that when they were fighting in that war, the landmine was just one of any number of weapons to use in the fighting. It wasn't until they began to think about the aftermath and the legacy of landmines that they recognized the long-term, indiscriminate impact of the weapon.

Jody Williams

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WarLegacyThinkImpactFighting

I've done a variety of projects in different areas of the entertainment industry.

Jodi Benson

DoneEntertainmentVarietyIndustry

I did have a chance to box for Pakistan, but I've lived here all my life, gone to school; all my coaches and everyone's here, and I feel English.

Amir Khan

LifeSchoolChanceFeelMy LifeBox

I'm on the path to being someone I'm equally terrified by and obsessed with. My true self.

Troye Sivan

PathSelfSomeoneTrueTrue Self

I don't always feel fierce and fearless, but I do feel like I'm a rock star at being human.

Tracee Ellis Ross

FearlessFierceFeelRock StarRock

I listen to music I'm looking to record or catch up on news and TV, whatever is on the TV at the gym!

Martina McBride

MusicLookingGymNewsListenUp

The things that motivated me at 21 don't suffice. Which is scary but really liberating in a way. It's taken me a long time to feel like, instead of being invited to the party with a bunch of people I don't know, that I actually deserve to be here.

Chris Pine

TimePeopleMeFeelLongParty

I grew up in the West, grew up on the land, was educated as a geologist.

Bruce Babbitt

LandEducatedUpWestGrew

Each time I'm starting to work on a film, even if I love to settle the plot in the real world, I start to think about the plot as a fairy tale, or a dream, or a nightmare... As if it was the best way to tell the truth about characters or narration, instead of realism.

Arnaud Desplechin

WorkLoveTruthTimeBestStart

It is the essence of innovation to fail most of the time.

Astro Teller

InnovationTimeFailEssenceMost

People assume that we have certain rights based on property that may be different now in a digital world.

Suzan DelBene

PeopleWorldBe DifferentNowRights

When something's painful, you just avoid it. Why bother dredging up the past if it's nothing but bad stuff?

Shane Koyczan

PastYouBadNothingWhyUp

A binding treaty and mandatory human rights due diligence would clean up slavery in global supply chains. Workers demand it, and consumers demand it.

Sharan Burrow

SlaveryDiligenceChainsCleanHuman

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