Ban Ki-moon Quotes

Strangely, charity sometimes gets dismissed, as if it is ineffective, inappropriate or even somehow demeaning to the recipient. 'This isn't charity,' some donors take pains to claim, 'This is an investment.' Let us recognize charity for what it is at heart: a noble enterprise aimed at bettering the human condition.

Ban Ki-moon

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HeartCharitySometimesInvestment

I will say this: One thing I did see in my reporting again and again is that the Obamas themselves are much more involved in handling stories than is usually known.

Jodi Kantor

SayWillMoreSeeOne ThingAgain

I don't watch the movies I'm in - ever. Sometimes I keep pictures, but that's it. I used to watch my movies, because I didn't want to be rude to the people making them, but I stopped a few years ago. I think it's pretty common among actors. It's like listening to your own voice, but multiplied by a million.

Jesse Eisenberg

PeopleListeningVoiceThinkMovies

Spaghetti can be eaten most successfully if you inhale it like a vacuum cleaner.

Sophia Loren

FoodYouVacuumSpaghettiCleaner

And conservatives know that if you reject these principles of limited government and urge others to reject them you can be my ally, you can be my friend but you cannot call yourself a conservative.

Mike Pence

FriendYourselfGovernmentYouKnow

Behind Trump's promise to 'make America great again' lie many fallacies. The most important fallacy is that America's place in the world can be restored to the one it occupied after World War II, when Europe was still recovering from vast devastation and most developing countries were still European colonies. It can't be.

Joseph Stiglitz

GreatLieWarWorldAmericaPlace

I'm very thoughtful and thorough when it comes to my looks and the detail I put into my drag.

Aquaria

DetailThoughtfulLooksDragVery

Zac Efron would make us feel guilty for eating big dinners. He'd say, 'Do you really want to eat those carbs?' It was like, 'Thanks a lot!'

Ashley Tisdale

EatingFeelYouGuiltySayWant

We have no rational evidence that there exists another world, but we have a clear feeling that man does not exist only to produce and to consume.

Alija Izetbegovic

ManWorldFeelingEvidenceClear

As an entertainer, I try to do projects that reflect a woman having the ability to stand up for herself.

Priyanka Chopra

WomanStand UpStandTryAbilityUp

I did a lot of fast talking as a youth; I was pretty good at it. I was never talked into it - I was always the one doing the talking.

Portia de Rossi

GoodYouthDoingTalkingFastNever

Eight billion people will have Internet access by 2020.

Peter Diamandis

PeopleInternetWillEightBillion

People thought I was very pro-computer. I was on the cover of 'Wired' magazine. Then things began to change. In the early '80s, we met this technology and became smitten like young lovers. But today our attachment is unhealthy.

Sherry Turkle

ChangeTechnologyTodayPeopleEarly

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