Bassem Youssef Quotes

The bigger you become of a celebrity, the bigger the expectations, the pressure on you - to make change, to say what people want, to target the people they want to target. Fame is toxic; it is quite toxic.

Bassem Youssef

Recitation: by Male by Female

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ChangePeopleExpectationsPressure

Studies demonstrate that as gaps are being closed between men and women - in access to education, in health, even in economic participation - the most difficult gap to close is in political participation. Somehow that sharing of raw power, political power, remains very illusive.

Melanne Verveer

EducationWomenPowerHealthMen

My main position on karaoke is just say no. I also think there should be a cut-off level where, once you reach a certain amount of talent or ability, you shouldn't be allowed to do karaoke anymore. Go get a band and actually do that. There's no need to show everybody else up.

Ron Livingston

TalentThinkReachYouGoSay

Andre Ward got the chance to fight Sergey Kovalev twice. Triple G and Canelo are fighting again. People are getting paid to play king of the hill again.

Roy Jones Jr.

FightKingPeopleChanceFighting

If any mayor reduced school funding by 33 percent and called it the 'Strengthening Our Schools Initiative,' I think they'd be excoriated.

Martin O'Malley

SchoolThinkInitiativeMayorOur

If the political will is there, we can solve anything.

Martti Ahtisaari

PoliticalWillAnythingSolve

I'm not your expert on Africa or animals or whatever. I'm not a travel writer or maker of documentaries. I was someone who doesn't know very much, trying to communicate.

Michael Palin

TravelSomeoneTryingKnowAfrica

It's a real man who can go out with a woman who's taller than he is. That's an alpha male right there.

Miranda Hart

WomanManReal ManGoRightReal

The FARC has given up their arms. They are now a political party. They are now doing politics, which is what a peace process was all about.

Juan Manuel Santos

PoliticsPeacePoliticalDoingParty

The next frontier in nutrition will be about reconfiguring diets according to individual specific physiology, lifestyle, and health goals.

Denise Morrison

FoodMovingChoicesInformedShapes

The 'SheTrades' programme aims to connect one million women entrepreneurs to markets by 2020 with a campaign, a focussed networking app, and a range of international and national information resources.

Arancha Gonzalez

WomenNetworkingInformationConnect

More people, especially young people, are realising that if they want change, they've got to go about it themselves - they can't depend on a particular person, i.e. me, to do all the work. They are less easy to fool than they used to be, they now know what's going on all over the world.

Aung San Suu Kyi

WorkChangeFoolPeopleMeWorld

If you're coming to do an interview with me, you should know about me. It's not that it's 'cos I'm Wizkid; I'd even hate it if you were coming to interview my friend and asked him the same question. You're here for an interview, so you should know who you're doing the interview with.

WizKid

FriendHateMeDoingYouKnow

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