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Jean-Bertrand Aristide Quotes

As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti, to share in their suffering, help rebuild the country, moving from misery to poverty with dignity.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: statesman
Nationality: haitian
Birth: July 15, 1953

Topics

Today Time Tomorrow People Suffering

Walking out into the bush still feels the same as when I first came to Kenya in 1989, on the day the Berlin Wall came down.

Jochen Zeitz

Day Walking Down Wall First Out

Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century If ye keep watch over your hearts, and listen for the Voice of God and learn of Him, in one short hour ye can learn more from Him than ye could learn from Man in a thousand years.

Johannes Tauler

God Man Voice Short Learn Listen

I want to feel lucky every night when I go onstage, and not feel like, 'Oh, great, here we go again.

Joel Madden

Great Night Feel Go Want Lucky

I'm one of those pianists who tends to ignore every existing recording and lots of traditions about playing pieces when I start.

Jeremy Denk

Start Ignore Pieces Playing Who

My goal was to leverage the power of movies and the reach they have and include important messages. Of course, they still have to be entertaining so that people will watch them, but I wanted to make sure there was a message, a takeaway.

Jeffrey Skoll

Power People Reach Goal Movies Will

The American obsession with 'Downton' amuses me slightly because it's such a fiction. I've always been questioned about my historical veracity, and 'Downton' just flies past, when it's completely made up.

Michael Hirst

Past Me American Always Historical

Don't name it, as they say, because instantly you offer it to this peculiar authority.

Robert Creeley

Name You Say Authority They Say

Some movies are entirely too heavy, and some movies have no meat in them.

RJ Cyler

Movies Meat Heavy Some Them Too

I was brought up to believe that it's family first. Of all the people my parents knew, the family was most important. You always turn to your family, and the family supports you. We do what we can to support our young and go and see the grandchildren if they're doing plays at school and their sports events.

Mary Berry

Family Sports School Support Parents

I'm a pretty strong believer that everything happens for a reason.

Miles Teller

Strong Reason Everything Pretty

Exactly Straight women who surround themselves only with gay men or white people who refuse any other race into their circles are unhealthy and it has more to do with one's individual fear and individual closets.

Judith Light

Fear Women Men People Gay White

I've really been extremely lucky. Some people work just as hard, are just as intelligent, and they don't get their breaks. I've just gotten the breaks. Maybe it's good karma.

Jorge M. Perez

Work Good People Karma Lucky Hard