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As a privileged survivor of the First World War, I hope I may be allowed to interject here a deeply felt tribute to those who were not fortunate enough to succeed, but who shared the signal honor of trying to the last to salvage peace.
Rene Cassin
War
Hope
Peace
World
Honor
First
Enough
Those
Signal
Tribute
Allowed
Shared
Felt
First World
First World War
Were
Privileged
Salvage
Survivor
Trying
May
Succeed
Fortunate
Who
Deeply
Here
Last
World War
World War I
How is it that, once victory took form and the horrible spectacle of the extermination camps was revealed, we could have shamelessly broken the promises given to the peoples in those years of ordeal?
Rene Cassin
Broken
People
Victory
Promises
Took
Once
Those
Horrible
Given
Could
Revealed
How
Years
Camps
Ordeal
Form
Spectacle
Extermination
In less than eighteen months, it prepared a first draft which it submitted to the General Assembly and which, at the end of one hundred sessions of elevated, often impassioned discussion, was adopted in the form of thirty articles on December 10, 1948.
Rene Cassin
First
Thirty
Hundred
Months
Impassioned
Adopted
General
General Assembly
End
Than
Articles
Submitted
Discussion
Often
December
Eighteen
Form
Which
Less
Assembly
Prepared
Elevated
Draft
The only compensation, gained through the influence of nongovernmental organizations, consisted in slightly broadening for private individuals the possibility of access and appeal to the agencies enforcing the Covenant concerned with civil and political rights.
Rene Cassin
Rights
Political
Broadening
Slightly
Possibility
Civil
Only
Through
Individuals
Concerned
Access
Covenant
Private
Political Rights
Influence
Gained
Agencies
Enforcing
Organizations
Appeal
Compensation
I like people to be authentic, thoughtful, and honest.
Robert Rinder
People
Thoughtful
Like
Authentic
Honest
I'm not as conscious as I should be about my diet and eating a healthy balance of fruit and vegetables because I do so much exercise. However, I love good grilled fish and Mediterranean/Middle-Eastern salads.
Robert Rinder
Love
Good
Balance
Fruit
Vegetables
Healthy
Eating
About
Because
Exercise
Fish
However
Salads
Diet
Much
Should
Conscious
Even my trolls have started taking the trouble to spell their Tweets correctly, which is thoughtful.
Robert Rinder
Trouble
Spell
Correctly
Thoughtful
Taking
Which
Tweets
Even
Started
I wish I had a filter; then, I'd suspect, who knows? I'd perhaps have more friends.
Robert Rinder
Wish
Filter
More
Had
Perhaps
Knows
Friends
Suspect
Then
Who
It is extremely hard to bring a claim for compensation against the police or the Crown Prosecution Service, even when a person has been charged with an offence and later cleared.
Robert Rinder
Service
Police
Later
Extremely
Claim
Has-Been
Charged
Crown
Cleared
Prosecution
Been
Offence
Person
Against
Hard
Even
Compensation
Bring
In our 'Strictly' group, we really did bond. It's seemingly disappointing to some that we had no diva meltdowns. I made true friends during the experience, which is surprising because I'm not a new-pals sort of person.
Robert Rinder
Experience
Made
Group
Strictly
Our
Some
Diva
Seemingly
Had
True
Disappointing
True Friends
Sort
Because
Surprising
Friends
Person
Did
Which
Really
Bond
The state of some of our roads is a matter of national embarrassment.
Robert Rinder
Matter
National
State
Our
Embarrassment
Some
Roads
We need to be able to turn to our immediate circle to ascertain whether our internal checks and balances are functional and to be able to rely on them to point out gross errors.
Robert Rinder
Circle
Our
Immediate
Out
Able
Rely
Point
Checks
Checks And Balances
Balances
Errors
Ascertain
Whether
Them
Turn
Gross
Internal
Functional
Need
Above all else, look around to employ the best talent you possibly can.
Robert Rinder
Best
You
Else
Possibly
Above
Talent
Employ
Look
Around
One of the happy consequences of my brain is that I rarely sleep.
Robert Rinder
Happy
Consequences
Rarely
Brain
Sleep
Never trust people; always trust paper. I'd marry a piece of paper if I could.
Robert Rinder
Trust
People
Paper
Marry
Could
Never
Piece
Always
If I Could
I find it amusing when you look at plastic surgeons because they don't seem to have had anything done.
Robert Rinder
You
Find
Seem
Had
Look
Because
Done
Anything
Plastic
Amusing
It's always nice to have new clothes made for you.
Robert Rinder
You
Made
Clothes
Nice
New
New Clothes
Always
As a lawyer, I've dealt with really serious offences, and the public rarely hear what the true impact is on the victims' families. When you hear it from the mouths of victims, your entire approach changes, because it could happen to anybody, and they articulate that in such a powerful way.
Robert Rinder
You
Lawyer
Changes
Approach
Way
Impact
Rarely
Entire
Could
True
Powerful
Powerful Way
Because
Dealt
Hear
Families
Articulate
Mouths
Anybody
Happen
Victims
Public
Really
Your
Serious
Learning about crime in great detail forces us to ask ourselves how it happened, how the victims and perpetrators got to that point, how the law works, how the police force functions.
Robert Rinder
Great
Learning
Law
Police
Crime
Ourselves
Detail
About
Point
Police Force
Force
Forces
Got
How
Happened
Victims
Ask
Us
Works
Functions
When I first heard Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way,' I looked out the window for the car alarm going off.
Robert Rinder
Car
First
Way
Out
Born
Window
Looked
Heard
Off
Going
Lady
Gaga
Alarm
I do get stopped in the street, and people are always, without exception, really polite. I think it's because they think I can send them to prison.
Robert Rinder
People
Prison
Think
Exception
Because
Without
Polite
Always
Get
Send
Stopped
Them
Really
Street
From time to time, I definitely look witheringly, which is why I'm well known.
Robert Rinder
Time
Definitely
Look
Well
Well Known
Known
From Time To Time
Which
Why
I'm not pretending when I'm in that court room.
Robert Rinder
Pretending
Court
Room
By the time I finished doing regular practice, most of my work was in international regulatory law, so I was advising foreign governments about their responsibility and roles in things like public inquiries.
Robert Rinder
Work
Time
Law
Responsibility
Finished
Practice
About
Like
Most
Advising
Foreign
Doing
Governments
Roles
Public
Regular
Regulatory
International
Things
By The Time
Ultimately, whenever you have a new opportunity, do it with gusto and fun and be wholly indifferent to what other people think.
Robert Rinder
You
People
Opportunity
Think
Other
Gusto
Indifferent
New
Ultimately
Whenever
Fun
Wholly
There are plenty of organisations making a real difference to the lives of gay people around the country that do need our help, so why undermine the wonder of 'Strictly' by politicising it?
Robert Rinder
Gay
People
Country
Strictly
Our
Plenty
Undermine
Around
Making
Real
Real Difference
Wonder
Difference
Organisations
Help
Why
Lives
Need
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