"During my nearly five years as director-general of WHO, high-level policymakers have increasingly recognized that health is central to sustainable development."

-- Gro Harlem Brundtland

#Years Quotes #Directors Quotes #Development Quotes

“I'm not the kind of person who gives up without a fight.”
“We lawyers are always curious, always inquisitive, always picking up odds and ends for our patchwork minds, since there is no knowing when and where they may fit into some corner.”
“I can't stand a ballplayer who plays in fear.”
“For makeup, a bit of blusher â€” what you call bronzer â€” a bit of an eye, and an eyelash curler.”
“We are called the nation of inventors. And we are. We could still claim that title and wear its loftiest honors if we had stopped with the first thing we ever invented, which was human liberty.”
“For businesses, biomimicry is about bringing a new discipline - biology - to the design table. It's not to write an environmental impact statement, as most biologists in business do right now.”
“There's no sense drawing attention to yourself, Li." "Hellooooo. I'm aHorseman of the Apocalypse, and I'm betrothed to the most infamous, most powerful demon in existence. I couldn't draw more attention to myself i I wore Lady Gaga's meat dress to a PETA convention.”
“In 1995, when I was backpacking through Europe solo, I would head to the train station, look up at the big board, and decide right there and then where I would go that day.”

Source : "Aeschbacher" with Kurt Aeschbacher, SF1 TV channel, April 04, 2008.

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