"The international community should treat this as a window of opportunity to ramp up preparedness and response."

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Source : "Influenza A(H1N1)". www.who.int. April 29, 2009.

Margaret Chan

#Opportunity Quotes #Community Quotes #Window Quotes

“I'm at a place of deep cynicism about American politics.”

Source : "The Lenny Interview: Rachel Maddow". Interview with Grace Dunham, in.news.yahoo.com. April 21, 2016.
“If we are honest with ourselves, most of us will have to admit that we live out our lives in an ocean of fear.”
“My father was a journalist for 50 years in Leeds and Fleet Street. I thought about a career in business to show I could do something different, but the reaction among prospective employers was, shall we say, underwhelming.”
“Whoever wishes to hold the fortress of contemplation must first of all train in the camp of action.”
“The only thing that counts is if you know how to prepare your ingredients. Even if with the best and freshest ingredients in the world, if your dish is tasteless or burnt, it's ruined.”
“I resist thinking of myself as a teacher. I think of myself as a writer who has pulled a fast one and hoodwinked this institution into giving me a job and health insurance.”
“People do go back, but they don't survive, because two realities are claiming them at the same time. Such things are too much. You can salt your heart, or kill your heart, or you can choose between the two realities. There is much pain here. Some people think you can have your cake and eat it. The cake goes mouldy and they choke on what's left. Going back after a long time will make you mad, because the people you left behind do not like to think of you changed, will treat you as they always did, accuse you of being indifferent, when you are only different.”
“It is almost impossible for the poetess, once laurelled, to take off the crown for good or to reject values and taste of those who tender it.”

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