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"It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely qualified to help bring them together."
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"The present offers fresh opportunities."

"Always you can find what you want, if you search enough times."

"The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of defeating the enemy is provided by the enemy himself."

"God has made the provision for every man on earth to be equally endowed with the currency time."

"The window of opportunity is always open, just you have to find it."

"Opportunities that always fail need change, else they will continue to keep failing till the future have its end."

"Don't only think of which job to get and live on. Think about which problem to solve and the jobs will keep suggesting themselves."

"When you are ready, every door will open automatically for you."

"Losing your job gives you access to time."
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"But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan."

"But you've got to understand what the other guy is about, even if at the end of the process you decide that there is no ground with this man or woman except to fight them."

"The third point is that for some time the UN has been talking about helping Afghanistan in the reconstruction of the country but there has never been any real commitment by the international community to provide resources for that."

"People now realize that globalization is not only for the multi-nationals and the circulation of money."

"What again I tell my people is that no matter how much you know, it's never enough. You will always discover, after the fact, that you've missed something."

"The mandate you go with is intimidating and also is a source of respect that you gain, because you have come with this mandate from the United Nations."

"However, it does seem now that the international community, more importantly the powers that have influence, and, even more importantly, Afghanistan's neighbors realize that it is high time that they work together, and not against one another."

"In Rwanda that genocide happened because the international community and the Security Council refused to give, again, another 5000 troops which would have cost, I don't know, maybe fifty, a hundred, million dollars."
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