it couldn't have happened to a nicer person and it's a most fitting award.

it couldn't have happened to a nicer person and it's a most fitting award.

Rapid poverty reduction requires not only high rates of economic growth but also that the benefits of this growth be read more

Rapid poverty reduction requires not only high rates of economic growth but also that the benefits of this growth be distributed more equitably.

There are millions of people all over the world, right now, who are looking to the United Nations for protection read more

There are millions of people all over the world, right now, who are looking to the United Nations for protection and redress against the violation of their rights and deprivation of their freedoms.

Lower rates on loans will create quite tough conditions for consumer lenders because interest income accounts for the majority of read more

Lower rates on loans will create quite tough conditions for consumer lenders because interest income accounts for the majority of their revenue. It's almost impossible to foresee clearly what their profits will be.

You cannot strike out in your first major-league at-bat.

You cannot strike out in your first major-league at-bat.

I didn't put any pressure on myself. It had been awhile since I started, so I was more calm on read more

I didn't put any pressure on myself. It had been awhile since I started, so I was more calm on the mound. That way I could stay there longer.

[In so many ways, the Mets had this game at their fingertips. Anderson had a chance to beat the throw read more

[In so many ways, the Mets had this game at their fingertips. Anderson had a chance to beat the throw home because Perez double-clutched, but Dodgers catcher Dioner Navarro blocked the plate with his shin guard and would not let Anderson sneak a hand around him.] I didn't have anywhere to go, ... If you have a collision there, you don't know what you're going to get.

Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.

Life is something to do when you can't get to sleep.

Anybody who thinks we can achieve all we set out to achieve in the first three months of our six read more

Anybody who thinks we can achieve all we set out to achieve in the first three months of our six months presidency is either an optimist or naive, ... judge us at the end of the presidency.