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Rwanda was considered a second-class operation; because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status quo. They were negotiating, they'd accepted the new peace project, so we were under the impression that everything would be solved easily.

Boutros Boutros-Ghali

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Author Biography

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

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PeaceSmallCountryNewKindStatus

Girls see these defined roles they're supposed to follow in life, but when I was a young child, my parents told me I could be anything.

Joan Jett

LifeChildParentsMeYoungFollow

I don't play any tournaments to come second best.

Andy Murray

BestPlayComeSecondAny

Intellectuals are good at seeing the big picture. But they are not so good at process.

Michael Ignatieff

GoodProcessPictureSeeingBig

I'm trying to make the poems as musical as I can - from the inception. So that whether they're read on the page, or people read them aloud, or I read them aloud, the musicality will be kind of a given.

Amiri Baraka

Be KindPeopleTryingI CanKind

Wrestling is an art. Every culture has an art, like music and dancing and fighting. So that's my base. If I think about it like art, I can connect with everybody.

Shinsuke Nakamura

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It's great to see that celebrities can be just like us - that they too have their highs and lows, that they don't always wake up looking their best, that they have bad habits and annoying traits.

Shirley Jones

GreatBestLookingWake UpBadSee

To be sure, the Fair Tax is a big idea. However, I believe America was built on big ideas, and I was elected to Congress to fight for those big ideas, not nibble around the edges of a broken and destructive system. The FairTax would be a real stimulus for economic growth, and it wouldn't cost taxpayers a dime.

Rob Woodall

GrowthBrokenFightIdeasBelieve

I think ever since I started to read, there have been favorite novels for different stages of my life. And one is never bumped out of place to yield to another. Instead, I just add to my favorite shelves.

Robin Hobb

LifeThinkMy LifePlaceNeverOut

Seeing comes from the inside, from the heart, from life's experiences.

Ruth Bernhard

LifeHeartSeeingInsideExperiences

The people behind me are the people behind Aristide. They are just looking for better days.

Michel Martelly

PeopleMeLookingBetterDaysJust

When I met my wife 20 plus years ago, she was a vegetarian, so I was the closest thing to the devil that she had ever met.

Michael Symon

WifeDevilSheYearsVegetarianMet

I usually work in a room which is totally cluttered with my mess, and there's stuff everywhere, and it's kind of chaotic because I am a very messy person. I could totally write in a pristine environment, but it would mean I would have to be at someone else's house.

Julia Holter

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