"The challenge for UNFPA is to help countries as we always have with no agenda of our own; with sensitivity towards unique cultural values; with an infinite willingness to work with whatever is positive; and with a determination to help countries and people turn universal principles into concrete action."

-- Thoraya Obaid

#Country Quotes #Determination Quotes #Unique Quotes

“The contributions that one makes in typography, design, and art in general cannot be, and must not be measured on how much money is involved. That would lead to total chaos. The word itself (contribution) is to give to a common purpose.”
“What sun is there within us that shoots his rays with so sudden a vigor? To see the soul flash in the face at this rate one would think would convert an atheist. By the way, we may observe that smiles are much more becoming than frowns. This seems a natural encouragement to good-humor; as much as to say, if people have a mind to be handsome, they must not be peevish and untoward.”
“Not all of our heartless plans work as we intend; nor do all of our good intentions. We are where we are, and we can rarely predict where we will go, no matter how firm our beliefs.”
“Life's too short not to laugh about yourself and the cards you're dealt.”
“If they play dirty, then you play dirty.”

Source : "Lawrence Taylor: Getting Blitzed" By Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. May 31, 2005.
“Pure friendship's well-feigned blush.”
“Nuns and married women are equally unhappy, if in different ways.”
“The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.”

Source : Max Eastman (1951). “Enjoyment of Poetry with Anthology”

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