John Prendergast Quotes

Africans are on the front lines of humanitarian efforts, distributing life-saving aid in dangerous environments. Africans comprise the vast majority of peacekeepers in civil conflict on that continent. Africans for the most part lead peace negotiations for the wars being fought in Africa.

John Prendergast

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I was a terrible reader as a kid. I mean terrible. Super slow and very unfocused. It took me forever to read a book, and I remember being well into high school and still needing my mom to sit down and read aloud to me so I could pass my English tests and such.

John Corey Whaley

SchoolMeMomBookHigh SchoolSlow

I know what it is like to be brought up with unconditional love. In my life that came from my grandmother.

Andre Leon Talley

LifeLoveMy LifeKnowGrandmother

I used to love assemblies because it got me out of class.

John Oates

LoveMeClassOutUsedBecause

In the end, yes, I'm the singer of Old Dominion, but we're a band of great singers and great musicians, and we just respect each other so much.

Matthew Ramsey

RespectGreatEndMusiciansSinger

We've always had this experience that things take long, but I'm 100% convinced that our principles will in the end prevail. No one knew how the Cold War would end at the time, but it did end. This is within our living experience... I'm surprised at how fainthearted we sometimes are and how quickly we lose courage.

Angela Merkel

CourageTimeExperienceWarCold

At some point I was hanging around with the Butchies - a band I ended up playing with a lot - and it just brought out this thing in me... and it felt very different from the Indigo Girls.

Amy Ray

MeBandOutPointUpPlaying

I've been rich and I've been poor. Rich is better.

Sophie Tucker

RichBetterPoorBeen

I restore vintage Atari XY arcade video game machines.

Roger Avary

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What we've seen this season is that if something that will enhance performance is available, some players will indulge... unless the penalty is an absolute deterrent.

Michael Wilbon

PerformanceWillSeenSomethingSome

Music, for me, in a film is never... I don't want to use music as a slave of the image. I want music to be art, or a body in itself to give something to the film.

Jasmila Zbanic

MusicArtMeBodyWantImage

What's the point of elections if everything is already decided?

Dmitry Medvedev

EverythingPointElectionsDecided

I really am not going to get involved in a discussion about the legal position of the Iraq war. I am not the person to do that because I am not sufficiently impartial as a lawyer about this, because it's a matter that is of interest to the person that I am closest to in the world.

Cherie Blair

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