Quote by Harri Holkeri
If there is something I would like to do as President of the Gener

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. – Harri Holkeri

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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. – Harri Holkeri

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Education
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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. – Harri Holkeri

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environmental
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There are many challenges, there are many obstacles let us try to change the obstacles to advantages. – Harri Holkeri

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Change
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It is only through such real-life daily struggles and challenges that a genuine sensitivity to human rights can be inculcated. This is a truth that is not limited to school education: it applies to all of us. – Daisaku Ikeda

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True, a little learning is a dangerous thing, but it still beats total ignorance. – Abigail Van Buren

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We must promote upward mobility, starting with solutions that speak to our broken education system, broken immigration policy, and broken safety-net programs that foster dependency instead of helping people get back on their feet. – Paul Ryan

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Education

Education is not so important as people think. – Elizabeth Bowen

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Choice of attention – to pay attention to this and ignore that – is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be. – W. H. Auden

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