Kofi Annan Quotes

Many African leaders refuse to send their troops on peace keeping missions abroad because they probably need their armies to intimidate their own populations.

Kofi Annan

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: ghanaian
  • Birth: April 8, 1938 - August 18, 2018

Topics

PeaceNeedOwnBecauseSendAbroad

To solve any problem, here are three questions to ask yourself: First, what could I do? Second, what could I read? And third, who could I ask?

Jim Rohn

YourselfQuestionsProblemThreeAsk

Seven thirty in the morning is too early for a man of my standing.

Matt Roper

MorningManEarlyThirtyStanding

Praise doesn't mean anything to me. I don't judge myself.

Chuck Berry

MyselfMeJudgeMeanPraise

The studio is really fun because I don't make it into the studio unless I've got something I really like. I love working with different musicians in the studio; that's a real joy, working with someone for the first time.

Bob Seger

LoveTimeFunJoyMusiciansSomeone

I do not believe in the divinity of Christ, and there are many other of the postulates of the orthodox creed to which I cannot subscribe.

William Howard Taft

BelieveCannotChristSubscribeMany

I actually grew up seeing a lot of classical theater - a lot of Shakespeare - but I have such a passion for music and find that way of telling a story to be really compelling as well.

Phillipa Soo

MusicPassionStorySeeingFindWay

I haven't gone sky diving yet and I want to do that, real bad. I love adrenaline and going fast.

Pauly D

LoveSkyBadFastWantReal

The purposeful restriction of knowledge has been at the heart of untold misery and hardship in this world. Serfs were kept illiterate so as to not jeopardize the feudal system. Slaves were kept in the dark on a variety of subjects so as to not provide them the possibility of escape.

Niger Innis

KnowledgeHeartWorldDarkEscape

I was born in 1940 in Hathazari, Chittagong, which is now part of Bangladesh. Education was always important to my parents, and with what little we had, they were able to provide an education for their children.

Muhammad Yunus

EducationChildrenParentsBornNow

I have the opportunity to learn about the fashion world, and I appreciate it as an art form... But I never want it to take over my acting.

Lupita Nyong'o

OpportunityArtWorldFashionLearn

In my piano concerto I developed this polyphony to much higher complexity.

Gyorgy Ligeti

PianoComplexityMuchHigher

Out in the lonely woods the jasmine burns Its fragrant lamps, and turns Into a royal court with green festoons The banks of dark lagoons.

Henry Timrod

GreenWoodsLonelyDarkRoyalOut

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