"I think the biggest challenge for Somalia has been the sense that it is a hopeless case of incomprehensible internal conflicts and there is nothing we can do."

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Jan Egeland

#Thinking Quotes #Challenges Quotes #Hopeless Quotes

“I am pretty involved with everything that goes on, and overtime have learned a lot about the business side of things. I have an amazing manager, who understands the business really well, so he is a great teacher.”

Source : Source: www.roomthirteen.com
“I love expression and really connecting with people. As actors, we like to tell stories because they can influence or even change people's lives. It's so cerebral, you never know who you can affect out there.”

Source : Source: aalbc.com
“So I want to identify, if I can, the most important thing that we discover in life. At least, it is the most important thing that I have discovered. I will share it with you, like a precious jewel, fit for this occasion. I refer to love. Love for one another. Love for our community. Love for others everywhere in the world. Love transcends even scholarship, cleverness and university degrees. It is greater than pride and wealth. It endures when worldly vanities fade...”
“If we have a positive mental attitude, then even when surrounded by hostility, we shall not lack inner peace.”
“Ever since I came to Congress in 1992, there are those who have been trying to silence my voice. I've been told to "sit down and shut up" over and over again. Well, I won't sit down and I won't shut up until the full and unvarnished truth is placed before the American people.”

Source : Song: Photosynthesis, 2008
“Even though I am a mathematician, I look at [fetal development] with marvel: How do these instruction sets not make mistakes as they build what is us?”
“To reach your goal authentically is probably, in the end, going to mean much more to you than having reached it in a false way.”

Source : "K'Naan On Cheapening His Music For The Money". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. December 10, 2012.
“Go, do not be afraid and serve”

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