Martti Ahtisaari Quotes

I know what it's like when you are a refugee, living on the mercy of others and having to adjust.

Martti Ahtisaari

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YouMercyKnowLivingOthersAdjust

Before Hurricane Katrina, I always felt like I could come back home. And home was a real place, and also it had this mythical weight for me. Because of the way that Hurricane Katrina ripped everything away, it cast that idea in doubt.

Jesmyn Ward

HomeMeDoubtBackPlaceWay

It wasn't that there weren't menfolk in my grandmother's stories. There were lots of them but they died young or were drifters and dreamers who disappeared or turned to drink or succumbed to melancholia or slow mortal diseases. The women, on the other hand, lived a long time and were full of spit and vinegar until the end.

Sue Hubbell

WomenTimeSlowEndLongYoung

All of the legal defense funds out there, they're looking for people out there with court of appeals experience, because court of appeals is where policy is made. And I know, I know this is on tape and I should never say that because we don't make law, I know. I know.

Sonia Sotomayor

ExperiencePeopleLawLookingLegal

The country experience was more of a departure. When you consider my education and my upbringing, you can see that was more of country rock outgrowth of my popular music aspirations.

Tom Wopat

EducationMusicExperienceYouRock

I was an underground rapper and only 16 years old, a freshman at high school. Bang thought I had potential as a rapper and lyricist, and we went from there. Then Suga joined us.

RM

SchoolHigh SchoolPotentialThought

The biggest thrill you can have is to tell people one of your songs, and have them be able to hum it.

Marvin Hamlisch

PeopleYouTellThrillAbleYour

Had I pursued a film career in Los Angeles, I'm not sure I would have had the fortune that I've had.

Michael Stuhlbarg

WorkNew YorkMeDoorsDoingNew

I lost my dad way too early and it was agonisingly awful. I missed him so much and I hated knowing that I could never again pick up the phone to tell him about my day.

Monica Seles

DayEarlyPhoneLostMissedWay

As people continue to do more and buy more over the Internet, continue to meet people over the Internet, connection speeds are going to get faster, and the Internet is just going to become an even more integral part of people's lives.

Moby

PeopleInternetConnectionMeetMore

My focus has to be on my career.

Lizzie Armitstead

FocusCareer

All languages had their birth, their apogee and decline.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

BirthDeclineLanguagesHad

It is terrible to speak of you, Liberty, for one who lives without you.

Jose Marti

SpeakYouLibertyWithoutTerrible

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