Ali Bongo Ondimba Quotes

The international community doesn't cast a vote here. Gabonese people do, so I am accountable to them. They are the ones to give me my job or take it away. So this is what is really important to me.

Ali Bongo Ondimba

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
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  • Birth: February 9, 1959

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I think, as a writer, sometimes you do worry, 'Am I just writing, or am I putting the burden of African-Americans on my shoulder and carrying it?' But if we just write the stories that we're supposed to write, that's when we have the biggest impact.

Angie Thomas

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Once we decided to be in this industry, we have to be ready for everything. You have to be strong but hard working. No pain, no gain.

Sridevi

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For years after 'The Last Waltz,' I got all kinds of silly movie offers - or, maybe, not silly, but parts that are not my calling... lots of offers to play some wonderful boyfriend.

Robbie Robertson

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The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.

Michel de Montaigne

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All of the directors I work with have their own unique gifts.

Dennis Haysbert

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Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake.

Christopher Hitchens

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When I went to Sweden, I sort of found out who I was.

Christen Press

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I was a class clown; the nuns didn't like that.

Bobby Cannavale

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I don't understand the interweb.

Ariel Levy

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A lot of people say this honor validates my career, but I didn't work hard for validation.

Ryne Sandberg

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I always feel like I've been slightly misunderstood. As a woman, you get judged for appearances or things like that I don't really care about.

Lykke Li

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We weren't put here to be miserable. We were put here to do the best we can, and we should take our energy and improve our state of being.

Lenny Kravitz

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