"The concept of peaceful coexistence has been criticized by many who do not see the need to make the world safe for diversity. I wonder if they have ever paused to ask themselves the question: What is the alternative to coexistence?"

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Source : "Portfolio for Peace", (p. 14), 1968.

U Thant

#Diversity Quotes #Peaceful Quotes #Needs Quotes

“In order to complete any successful and streamlined qualification effort, a comprehensive plan should be developed which bridges the GEP/commissioning phases with the qualification phases of the project.”
“It's necessary to track characters all the way through an opera. If you're dealing with more than one or two characters, it's very easy to forget that the others have lives of their own that feed into the story.”
“I live between fantasy and reality at all times. In that way, Iâ€™m a librarian.”
“Every person is responsible for all the good within the scope of his abilities, and for no more.”

Source : "Country Living and Country Thinking, Men and Women". Book by Gail Hamilton, 1871.
“It can seem an amazing fact that laws of nature keep on holding, that the frame of nature does not fall apart.”

Source : Simon Blackburn (1999). “Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy”, p.113, Oxford University Press
“The stock exchange is a poor substitute for the Holy Grail.”
“I think women are sick and tired of being portrayed as victims, a lot of the time anyway, the bulk of their time on film.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“When it comes down to the music, it's just you and the microphone. It's not you and the record execs.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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