Ban Ki-moon Quotes

The U.N.'s humanitarian agencies rely on charitable donations from the public as well as the generosity of governments to continue their lifesaving work in response to natural disasters, armed conflicts and other emergencies.

Ban Ki-moon

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Too often, the Democratic Party has been split between its grass-roots activists on one side and its elected officials and party leaders on the other. It's important to remember: We need both wings to fly.

Jim Hunt

FlyRememberWingsPartyImportant

I say I like to be alone, yet I am always surrounded by people.

Robert Wilson

AloneI AmPeopleSayAlwaysLike

Advice number one: listen to your gut - it's never gonna lead you wrong. Number two: trust yourself. The root of everything is self-belief.

Russ

TrustYourselfAdviceYouWrongGut

There's an ocean of misunderstanding. It's called the civilian-military divide. I had a lot to learn about our military - who they are, what burdens they carry.

Mary Gauthier

OceanLearnMisunderstandingMilitary

In high school, I was too shy to perform. It's one thing to get laughs from your family, to be funny at parties and in class. It's another thing to get up on the stage.

Michael Keaton

FamilyFunnySchoolHigh SchoolShy

This is a global effort we're going to have to lead to overcome this jihadist effort. It's more than Osama bin Laden. But he is going to pay, and he will die.

Mitt Romney

EffortDieWillOvercomeMorePay

My job is designing shoes. It's work that happens behind the scenes, as they say, and that suits me just fine because in general I am a shy person. But sometimes I have these extroverted outbursts.

Christian Louboutin

WorkShoesJobI AmMeSuits

My charitable donations go to educational efforts, such as Teach for America, Vanderbilt University, Berkshire School.

Thomas Peterffy

SchoolAmericaGoTeachUniversity

Some of the environmental lobbyists of the Western nations are the salt of the earth, but many of them are elitists.

Norman Borlaug

EnvironmentalEarthSaltSomeMany

Penitentiary songs have been a love of mine for years. They are so wonderful.

Marianne Faithfull

LoveYearsWonderfulMineBeen

Unifying the legacy SAG and AFTRA contracts was essential, and I am very pleased that we were able to achieve that.

Ken Howard

I AmLegacyAchieveContractsAble

I tell people all of the time that they would make any show in this business - whether it's black, white, Hispanic, Jewish, Colombian, Dominican - whatever. They'll make it if it sells. It's a business. It's not personal.

Kirk Acevedo

BusinessTimePeopleBlackWhite

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