Wole Soyinka Quotes

Some African leaders actually dare to suggest that democracy is a concept alien to traditional African society. This is one of the most impudent political blasphemies I can think of.

Wole Soyinka

Recitation: by Male by Female

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DemocracySocietyThinkPolitical

I've seen things change and people forget: the history of Berlin, the history of queer struggle, the history of AIDS, the history of New York changing from an artistic powerhouse to more of a financial one now.

John Cameron Mitchell

ChangeHistoryStruggleNew YorkNew

At one time, you could sit on the Rue de la Paix in Paris or at the Habima Theater in Tel Aviv or in Medina and you could see a person come in, black, white, it didn't matter. You said, 'That's an American' because there's a readiness to smile and to talk to people.

Maya Angelou

SmileTimePeopleBlackAmerican

Television saved the movies. The Internet is going to save the news business.

Matt Drudge

BusinessInternetTelevisionNews

I don't think it's necessarily healthy to go into relationships as a needy person. Better to go in with a full deck.

Anjelica Huston

RelationshipThinkBetterPersonGo

I think a lot of moral debates are not over what is the basis of justice, but who gets a ticket to play in the game.

Steven Pinker

JusticeGameThinkPlayMoralOver

Internal protectionism in Europe would be deadly, really a disaster for European economies.

Jose Manuel Barroso

DisasterEuropeWouldInternal

I think the cool thing about snowboarding is that everyone has their own style.

Chloe Kim

StyleCoolThinkSnowboardingOwn

This administration is cutting the programs that our Nation and its citizens need most, while dissolving the safety nets created to protect the elderly and less fortunate in this wealthy Nation.

Corrine Brown

SafetyProtectNeedNationFortunate

Trying to be Supermom is as futile as trying to be Perfect Mom. Not going to happen.

Arianna Huffington

MomTryingPerfectHappenGoing

There's a tradition of public service in my family. I'm one of three boys that joined the military. My father was in the Peace Corps.

Phil Klay

FamilyFatherServicePeaceThree

I don't believe you can reduce the world to a mathematical formula. I start with the world, assume it's complicated, and ask where can I get help from a whole range of disciplines.

Noreena Hertz

WorldStartBelieveHelpYouAsk

My accent does slip. When I arrived in England in 1978 at 18, I was shocked to find myself 'the American' at RADA. The English and the Americans have an intense relationship. They helped us out in the Second World War.

Mark Rylance

RelationshipMyselfWarWorldFind

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