A Quote by Kofi Annan
We cannot allow situations where leaders threaten war on television or on Twitter.
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Generally, the view that I've had on Twitter is if you're on Twitter, you're in, like, the meme - you're in meme war land. If you're on Twitter, you're in the arena. And so, essentially, if you attack me, it is therefore OK for me to attack back.
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I just got on Twitter because there was some MTV film blog that quoted me on something really innocuous that I supposedly said on Twitter before I was even on Twitter. So then I had to get on Twitter to say: 'This is me. I'm on Twitter. If there's somebody else saying that they're me on Twitter, they're not.'
The world needs leaders of vision instead of leaders on television.
?When the leaders speak of peace
?The common folk know
?That war is coming
?When the leaders curse war
?The mobilization order is already written out. Every day, to earn my daily bread
?I go to the market where lies are bought
?Hopefully
?I take up my place among the sellers.
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