Anthony Carmona
Politician
1953-03-07
Anthony Carmona is a Trinidadian lawyer and former judge who served as the fifth President of Trinidad and Tobago from 2013 to 2018. He also served as a judge of the International Criminal Court.
Quotes by Anthony Carmona
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You must stand for something! It does not have to be grand, but it must be a positive that brings light to someone else's darkness.
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It is indeed fitting for me to make a comment to the effect that it takes a village to raise a child because I have lived in many villages down in deep south, and everyone there who played a part in my stewardship as a young man growing up and as a professional, they have given me unstinting support.
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I've always believed that the artiste is the one who has his pulse on the society and who, in many ways, represents the conscience of society in terms of engaging standards that we need to live by.
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I can recall, as a young adult, running through the rain forest at the Forest Reserve, at times feeling a sense of fear when I felt I was in danger. In danger of confronting an ugly snake or a coral snake, which represented the greatest fear of someone in a rural area when you traverse the forest.
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Do not let where you come from define you, but never forget the values you learned from your close community.
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Social media websites are no longer performing an envisaged function of creating a positive communication link among friends, family and professionals. It is a veritable battleground, where insults fly from the human quiver, damaging lives, destroying self-esteem and a person's sense of self-worth.
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