"It is only the Somalis themselves - and I don't hide that fact when I meet the political leaders here - they themselves have to stop their old practices of fighting each other every time they have a problem. They have to learn how to do peaceful conflict resolution."

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Source : "Interview with Jan Egeland, UN USG for Humanitarian Affairs". Interview with Jan Egeland, www.irinnews.org. December 9, 2004.

Jan Egeland

#Fighting Quotes #Practice Quotes #Leader Quotes

“Throughout the twentieth century and into the beginning of the twenty-first, the United States repeatedly used its military power, and that of its clandestine services, to overthrow governments that refused to protect American interests. Each time, it cloaked its intervention in the rhetoric of national security and liberation. In most cases, however, it acted mainly for economic reasons-specifically to establish, promote and defend the right of Americans to do business around the world without interference.”
“I was always in love with Judy Garland, and when I was growing up, I fell in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, of course.”

Source : "DIVA TALK: Chatting with How to Succeed's Tammy Blanchard". Interview with Andrew Gans, www.playbill.com. February 18, 2011.
“Thank God for the day. Thank God for the morning. Won't take this here for granted; no, good Lord, I gots to get on it.”

Source : Song: Wake Up, Album: 4 Eva N A Day, 2012
“When you write you have a certain vision of how it could be and it's great to be able to see it all the way to the goal line.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I really am happy that I met my agency and my management company, because they see me as a person and not just a Latin woman.”

Source : "Daniella Alonso: A Back Stage Exclusive". Interview with Noah Laracy, www.backstage.com. September 28, 2010.
“The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government.”
“Fear is not an emotion, it is a disease. It spreads from the leader to his followers and vice-versa. Nothing has killed more men in war than fear. What should a warrior fear? Death? But death is what everyone achieves ultimately. Is it wounds that you fear? What is more important? A pint of your blood or the nectar of victory? Think. Thinking will clear such doubts.”
“Though they seem at opposite poles, fanatics of all kinds are actually crowded together at one end. It is the fanatic and the moderate who are poles apart and never meet.”

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