Ban Ki-moon Quotes

People understand that nuclear weapons cannot be used without indiscriminate effects on civilian populations. Such weapons have no legitimate place in our world. Their elimination is both morally right and a practical necessity in protecting humanity.

Ban Ki-moon

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PeopleWorldHumanityPlaceRight

The danger in our system is that the general government, which represents the interests of the whole, may encroach on the states, which represent the peculiar and local interests, or that the latter may encroach on the former.

John C. Calhoun

GovernmentSystemPeculiarMayWhole

You should run your life not by the calendar but how you feel, and what you're interests are and ambitions.

John Glenn

LifeFeelYouCalendarRunYour

Various religious systems have been given to humanity at different times, each suited to meet the spiritual needs of the people among whom it was promulgated, and, coming from the same divine source: - God, all religions exhibit similar fundamentals or first principles.

Max Heindel

GodSpiritualPeopleHumanityMeet

During my youth, the idea of moving from Lebanon was unthinkable. Then I began to realise I might have to go, like my grandfather, uncles and others who left for America, Egypt, Australia, Cuba.

Amin Maalouf

YouthMovingAmericaGoGrandfather

Implanting a microchip inside the brain to augment its mental powers has long been a science fiction trope.

Steven Levy

ScienceBrainLongScience Fiction

I am not as crazy as people think.

Tom Sizemore

I AmPeopleCrazyThinkAm

When I moved to New York to act I was no good at working restaurants - hosting, waiting, bussing, dishwashing - I wasn't good at any aspect. But I did have a guitar. So I would sing 'Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard,' but you would only hear the chorus because the train comes by every 30 seconds.

Michael Weatherly

GoodNew YorkWaitingMeGuitarYou

If I am not working, I won't wear makeup and I will wear flats.

Michelle Ryan

I AmMakeupWillWearWorkingAm

Our congressional district is the fastest growing in the state. Nowhere is there a greater need for new and improved roads and transit systems that will spare us the hours we spend each day in traffic.

Judy Biggert

RoadsDayNewGrowingTrafficWill

If you've got a good song, it's easy to play. But you can't make a bad song sound good no matter who you have to play on it.

Donald Dunn

GoodSongEasyYouBadPlay

We must memorize nine numbers and deny we have a soul.

Conor Oberst

SoulNumbersMustMemorizeNine

Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides.

Peter Benchley

FallRiseAlmostTidesRegularly

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