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People in Ethiopia, the Sudan, etc., don't know Audrey Hepburn, but they recognize the name UNICEF. When they see UNICEF, their faces light up, because they know that something is happening. In the Sudan, for example, they call a water pump 'UNICEF.'

~Audrey Hepburn

Topics: Audrey Audrey Hepburn Because Call Etc Ethiopia Example Faces For Example Happening Hepburn Know Light Name People Pump Recognize See Something Sudan Unicef Up Water

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I take it to heart that, for example, there aren't enough funds for AIDS research, but people pay 20 times the value of an item of clothing.

~Azzedine Alaia

Topics: Aids Clothing Enough Example For Example Funds Heart Item Pay People Research Take Times Value

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If a work alienates a reader, should that be counted against it? I respect people that love 'Ulysses,' for example, but I'm on the other side of the argument. 'Ulysses' would be better if it seduced me. But I probably have the minority point of view.

~B. J. Novak

Topics: Against Argument Better Counted Example For Example Love Me Minority Other People Point Point Of View Reader Respect Seduced Should Side Ulysses View Work Would

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Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Between Communities Example Exposing Fault For Example Globalization Lines New Rural Urban

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In general, states do not count on pledges of 'no more war' from their neighbors. Israel's army never counted on it from Egypt, for example.

~Barton Gellman

Topics: Army Count Counted Egypt Example For Example General Israel More Neighbors Never Pledges States War

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There is fireworks before the game; there is the national anthem before the game, so that is a huge difference to how it is in Germany: like, after the warmup, you touch the ball 20 minutes later. So that is a little bit different. The league, for example, the MLS is quite a young league, actually, but it is developing.

~Bastian Schweinsteiger

Topics: Actually After Anthem Ball Before Bit Developing Difference Different Example Fireworks For Example Game Germany How Huge Huge Difference Later League Like Little Little Bit Minutes National National Anthem Quite Touch You Young

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If Twitter is worth seven billion next month, I'm happy for them to be worth six billion and spend a billion making it safer for people, for example.

~Beeban Kidron

Topics: Billion Example For Example Happy Making Month Next People Safer Seven Six Spend Them Twitter Worth

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You still get these waves of doubt that come over you, for example, when you get a bad review or you accept a part and think, 'Oh, God, what have I just accepted? I can't do that.' I don't think that's something that will ever go away in me.

~Ben Barnes

Topics: Accept Accepted Away Bad Bad Review Come Doubt Ever Example For Example Get Go Go Away God Just Me Oh Oh God Over Part Review Something Still Think Waves Will You

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Many foreclosed homes are neglected or abandoned, as legal proceedings or other factors delay their resale. Deteriorating or vacant properties can, in turn, directly affect the quality of life in a neighborhood, for example, by leading to increases in vandalism or crime.

~Ben Bernanke

Topics: Abandoned Affect Crime Delay Directly Example Factors For Example Homes Increases Leading Legal Life Many Neglected Neighborhood Other Properties Quality Quality Of Life Turn Vacant Vandalism

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The Federal Reserve can only buy Treasuries and agencies, and moreover quantitative easing typically involves buying longer-term Treasuries and agencies in terms of bills, for example.

~Ben Bernanke

Topics: Agencies Bills Buy Buying Example Federal Federal Reserve For Example Involves Moreover Only Quantitative Reserve Terms

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