Meles Zenawi Quotes

We have our own script. We have our own calendar. We represent the greatness of Africa's past. We also represent the worst of Africa's present, in terms of poverty. It is the best and the worst of African reality.

Meles Zenawi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
  • Nationality: ethiopian
  • Birth: May 8, 1955 - August 20, 2012

Topics

BestPastGreatnessPresentReality

Cersei is a character who's done unspeakable things, and yet we also know that she's a mother who's lost her children - that she's been pushed to the end of her tether.

Jeremy Podeswa

MotherCharacterChildrenEndKnow

The crime of loving is forgetting.

Maurice Chevalier

LoveLovingCrimeForgetting

My father was killed by a German mine, while I lost other relatives in Allied bombing attacks.

Jean-Marie Le Pen

FatherLostRelativesMineOther

Legendary is in the unique position in that they have the resources to take risks, which I think has really benefitted 'Pacific Rim.'

Travis Beacham

RisksThinkUniqueResourcesTake

A person like Donald Trump, who has said what he's said about Muslims, Mexicans, women, George Bush, John McCain - a person like that should not be the nominee of our party or be the president, and I will campaign for an alternative to Donald Trump until that avenue is no longer open.

Mitt Romney

WomenPartyPersonDonald TrumpSaid

I love sundresses and I love shorts.

Ashley Tisdale

LoveShortsI Love

If trustees feel it is in their charity's interest to pay high salaries to attract talented people, then they should have the courage of their conviction and explain their decisions publicly.

William Shawcross

CouragePeopleCharityDecisionsPay

I shall earnestly and persistently continue to urge all women to the practical recognition of the old Revolutionary maxim. Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.

Susan B. Anthony

WomenGodRecognitionTyrannyOld

Fragility, violence, and conflict are complex. Fragility is influenced by a wide set of factors, many of which are deeply entrenched, such as high social and income inequality. The lines between criminal, inter-communal, and politically motivated violence are often blurred.

Peter Maurer

ConflictViolenceInequalityHigh

The two things that I miss most when living out of Australia are the bush and the Pacific coast, especially fishing in the surf at night!

Peter C. Doherty

FishingNightAustraliaLivingOut

The first time I ever spoke to John Cassavetes was at a Lakers game. I got up to go for a hot dog, and he was coming in the opposite direction. I don't know who said hello first, but we started talking, and it turned out that he went to high school with my first wife, Alice.

Peter Falk

DogTimeWifeSchoolGameDirection

I don't like to sit and bask in my own awards. Awards represent artistic death to me.

Paula Cole

DeathMeMy OwnAwardsOwnSit

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