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"I do not want to speak about overpopulation or birth control, but I think education is the way to give new impetus to the poverty question."
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"Before I started (college), that's the advice my dad gave me. He said to pick classes based on the teacher whenever you can, not the subject...his point was that good teachers are priceless. They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don't know it."
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent."
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
"Please, no matter how we advance in technology please don't abandon the book-there is nothing in our material world more beautiful than a book."
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"We have the tools, but we have to learn how to use them. That is my political philosophy."
"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."
"We Finns represent a very transparent and open-minded way of reaching political decisions."
"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."
"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 every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided."
"I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations."
"There are many challenges, there are many obstacles; let us try to change the obstacles to advantages."
"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."
"One of the biggest development issues in the world is the education of girls. In the United States and Europe, it has been accepted, but not in Africa and the developing countries."
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