"Ever since I became NATO Secretary General, I have emphasised the need for enhanced political dialogue among the Allies. And I am glad that, over the last few years, we've had more regular, and increasingly constructive, political discussions in NATO on a wider range of issues."

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Source : Speech at NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Madeira, www.nato.int. May 25, 2007.

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

#Communication Quotes #Years Quotes #Issues Quotes

“Walking the walk doesn't begin with a step. It begins with a choice. You can turn fear into action and let doubt become confidence. Find your pride and let it fuel your courage. Turn tomorrow into today and turn today into RIGHT NOW!”
“My first job after my retirement from baseball was as a narrator for the Eastman Philharmonica.”
“I really wanted to do my own perfume because I mix my own oils, so it just made sense.”
“Radio is commercial, isn't it. Its a business.”
“Every last cast is actually a first cast. The first cast and first chance to catch the next fish. The next time you anguish about whether to make that last cast, forget it - the anguish that is - and cast away. The next fish caught on a last cast will not be the first.”
“What I'm asking you to entertain is that there is nothing we need to believe on insufficient evidence in order to have deeply ethical and spiritual lives.”
“In giving us children, God places us in a position of both leadership and service. He calls us to give up our lives for someone else's sake - to abandon our own desires and put our child's interests first. Yet, according to His perfect design, it is through this selflessness that we can become truly fulfilled.”
“I wish I could have known earlier that you have all the time you'll need right up to the day you die.”

Source : William T. Wiley, Graham William John Beal, John Perrault (1979). “Wiley Territory”

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