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Ban Ki-moon Quotes

The human family is at a critical juncture. The world is moving through a great transition. This transition is economic, as the digital revolution advances and as new powers and groups emerge.

Ban Ki-moon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: leader
Nationality: south korean
Birth: June 13, 1944

Topics

Family Great Moving World Revolution

Unlike a lot of writers, I don't have any craving to be understood.

Jim Harrison

Craving Understood Lot Any Writers

I was big into mythology when I was a kid - Arthurian legends and Greek mythology, that was kind of my passion. I hadn't heard of the books, but I was told they were very popular amongst the kids, so I got a hold of them and read them. I totally got it!

Steve Valentine

Passion Kind Legends Kid Hold Big

The one thing I could do with my eyes closed is my Grandma's schnecken.

Tom Douglas

Eyes One Thing The One Thing Thing

The first thing the Chinese ask you when they meet you is: 'How much money do you make?' It's a legitimate question to ask in China.

Rosemary Mahoney

Money You Meet Question Ask First

I think my dad is a lot cooler than other dads. He still acts like he's still 17.

Miley Cyrus

Think Still Like Than He I Think

When a large financial institution is allowed to fail, you put in jeopardy hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people.

Jose Angel Gurria

People Financial You Fail Jeopardy

Imagine what it would be like if you didn't know that the evening news was funded primarily by 'Big Pharma.' You would actually believe the stuff that they're saying. You might even think those are the stories that matter.

Douglas Rushkoff

Saying Believe Think Evening You

My mother cared a lot about clothes. It was a point of friction because when I was a teenager, and I only wanted to wear my father's shirts, and I never wanted to wear makeup, she would say: 'Put on lipstick.' That was her thing.

Deborah Tannen

Father Mother Makeup Clothes Say

If anything I try to write something that would be more difficult to film. I tend to see film as competition and would like instead to do what books do best.

Chuck Palahniuk

Best Competition Try Difficult See

I couldn't hit a home run to save my life, and I was a sucker for the curveball.

Brooks Koepka

Life Home My Life Run Home Run Save

I have been talking nonstop about the symbolism of an edible landscape at the White House. I think it says everything about stewardship of the land and about the nourishment of a nation.

Alice Waters

Think Talking Landscape House White

I do not want an animal to die for me.

Sylvie Guillem

Animal Me Die Want