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"The Baltic Sea is becoming more and more polluted. Not everybody living near the shore of the Baltic Sea is protecting it. It is the water of life for countries like Finland and Sweden."
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"The condition you're in at this moment is the product of your previous thoughts, to change your condition, change your thoughts."
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"Life becomes difficult when out of sync with your heart-felt desires."

"The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency."

"To get matured, you must have an education in the School of Solitude!"

"Happiness is not defined by how much money you possess."

"If you want people to enter your world, you don't need to invite them; just keep your door open and keep your thoughts plain!"
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"There are big issues, like the reform of the Security Council. These kinds of questions are something the President of the General Assembly must keep his eye on."

"If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women."

"Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States."

"There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages."

"If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing."

"I recently reread an article of mine written in 1964, and I think it is still valid. There is not much difference. Many of the items on the agenda 37 years ago are still there."

"In international or national crises, there are always questions of lack of confidence. You have to change the minds of the people in order to get results."

"I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations."

"That is where consensus-building begins-with the idea that you have your own truth, but that the negotiator on the other side of the table has his own truth as well."

"I think we have grave problems. I am very much concerned about environmental questions, even though in Finnish society, we are not facing the most urgent problems."
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