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But don't get too comfortable, because we have two major things working against us right now.
Needless to say that music is the number one prevention against prostitution, violence, bad habits, and everything degrading in the life of a child.
His most brilliant move was to scatter the nomads he conquered among his own soldiers so they couldn't join together against him.
In our fight against climate change, we need them now more than ever to promote and preserve diverse land use.
But I could not challenge these decisions, because I was not attending the meetings, and thus had no right to go against it.
Lead the global fight against climate change.
Disorder afflicts the land, caused by powerful and nefarious forces working against the interests of humanity.
But the hero will revolt against this disorder, fight those powerful forces, against the odds overthrow them and restore harmony to the land.
And my belief is that if we create sufficiently rich and vibrant bridging communities, we can thwart the urge for people to burrow into the security of a homogenous bonding community defending themselves against the other.
But the heroes of the story, us, we'll revolt against this disorder.
It started with a disagreement over the behavior of a militia of monks, and ended with an accusation of witchcraft leveled against one of the most powerful figures in the city.
Cyril and his followers blamed Hypatia, accusing her of witchcraft to turn Orestes against Christianity.
And against that context, I think the limitations of GDP as a measurement of a country's success are all too obvious.
In policy terms, this journey for Scotland started back in 2007, when we published what we call our National Performance Framework, looking at the range of indicators that we measure ourselves against.
And this approach works on all types of medical devices, from catheters to pacemakers, and it's effective against all types of bacteria and germs.
But it's robust, because it protects the financial system against surprises.
It's time-consuming and expensive, negotiating all these deals, but it's robust because it makes their whole economy better defended against shocks.
You're learning how to play with somebody, rather than against her.
I couldn't exult after a tremendous upset victory against our strongest players, because six minutes later, with a new partner, I was falling behind again.
To which I reply, "I work to end violence against children.
All violence against every child in every country."
I believe we have an unprecedented historical opportunity in this generation to end violence against children.
What do I mean by violence against children?
But more seriously, Sweden and Uganda have made a commitment, they have a common bond and shared purpose, a commitment to end violence against children, and they are taking action to try and get their countries on a pathway to zero violence against children by 2030.
It means recognizing that violence against children cuts across many sectors, and therefore the response, the answer, has to be a systems approach.
Violence against children undermines all the other investments in them: in their health, in their education.
Three years ago, in 2016, 10 global institutions came together and aligned behind a framework which is a comprehensive, step-by-step approach to ending violence against children.
But what would happen if we actually end violence against children?
I'm doing my bit to end violence against children."
And outrage at allying with Muslims against fellow Christians cost him any remaining local support.
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