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It was a mistake. I was wrong, but I discovered this many years later. I was acting on the basis of this mandate given me by the most important leaders of the world: President Bush's father, prime minister of France, President Mitterand, the Chinese, everybody.

Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: egyptian
  • Birth: November 14, 1922 - February 16, 2016

Topics

FatherMistakeMeWorldActing

My father was a prosperous hatter-farmer - making hats for the local markets during the winter months, tilling his little ten-acre farm during the summer time.

Jenkin Lloyd Jones

WinterFatherTimeFarmHatsSummer

Anyone who doesn't read doesn't have any business writing.

Ann Patchett

BusinessWritingWhoReadAnyone

President Obama is traveling around the country, proposing a stimulus bill that has already failed once. Instead of having an honest discussion about whether or not a plan that already failed once will fail again, the establishment would rather distract the American people with gossip.

Alveda King

PeopleAmericanPlanGossipCountry

I didn't grow up around my father. I didn't really grow up around my mother, either. I was raised by a community of people. Spiritually speaking, my father is in Heaven, and that is who I look to for all my answers. And that's why my faith is very strong and why my passion is strong.

Troy Polamalu

FatherMotherPassionFaithPeople

Most human beings are quite likeable if you do not see too much of them.

Robert Wilson Lynd

YouToo MuchHumanSeeHuman Beings

I like to listen to other songs to get a different point of view and to learn.

Luis Fonsi

LearnViewPoint Of ViewListenGet

The motto of the Netherlands is translated into English as 'I will uphold.' But I want you to know that, as we go forward, our message together is not just 'I will uphold,' but 'we will uphold.'

Loretta Lynch

MottoTogetherForwardYouGoKnow

I wish I had more of a game plan of how I'm going to, like, take down toxic masculinity. But I think that game plan is just going to reveal itself if we keep going. I think I need to keep plugging along, and it'll happen.

Jonathan Van Ness

Keep GoingGameThinkWishPlan

It is an inspiration to have so many people support me.

Devon Cajuste

SupportPeopleMeInspirationMany

If money is not maintained, it can collapse like a bridge along Interstate 5 and fixing it, even with determined politicians, will take ages, during which time God only knows how much human damage will occur.

Douglas Coupland

GodTimeMoneyBridgeWillHuman

The thing I realized about final cut is it's the power of the best cut. I didn't have final cut on 'Prisoners,' but what you saw is the best cut. 'Sicario' is a directors' cut. 'Arrival' is a directors' cut.

Denis Villeneuve

PowerBestYouFinalCutSaw

I'm trying to make order out of chaos, trying to find some way of rationalising the horrific things that people do or the way the world is.

Chuck Palahniuk

PeopleChaosWorldTryingFindWay

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