Petina Gappah Quotes

The painful truth may be that Zimbabwe, the youngest of Africa's former colonies, has simply followed where the continent has led, treading the well-worn path beaten out of the lie that taking power from the colonialists and delivering democracy to the people are one and the same.

Petina Gappah

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TruthPowerPathLiePeopleAfrica

Trust yourself and don't do anything that doesn't feel right.

Melanie Scrofano

TrustYourselfFeelRightAnything

Breast cancer alone kills some 458,000 people each year, according to the World Health Organization, mainly in low- and middle-income countries. It has got to be a priority to ensure that more women can access gene testing and lifesaving preventive treatment, whatever their means and background, wherever they live.

Angelina Jolie

WomenLiveAloneHealthPeopleYear

I always like to say our shows should be something that, you know, before 10 o'clock, if your kid wanders into the room, they should be able to glance at the TV, watch what's happening, but not quite know what's happening. That's always my standard.

Shonda Rhimes

YouKnowSayKidAlwaysRoom

In time of war steamships and improved arms are the most important things.

Townsend Harris

TimeWarImportantThingsArmsMost

The path chosen by Barack Obama and the Democrat Party is the road to 'small-c- communism' - and the important thing to understand is that they are quite happy with that choice.

Tom Tancredo

PathHappyCommunismRoadChoice

I laugh when Floyd Mayweather says that if he went back in time he would beat us all. I'll tell you this: if he was in the same era as Hagler and Hearns and Leonard and me, I don't think he would be such a big name. There is too much talk.

Roberto Duran

TimeMeThinkNameLaughYou

A person with grace is somebody who's socially graceful or is a classy person, but sometimes you just feel the opposite of that, and you just feel like a jerk and a loser and a weirdo.

Matt Berninger

GraceFeelLoserYouPersonClassy

One should never be sexually involved with anyone one genuinely cares for. A sexual relationship guarantees a loss.

Mary Gordon

RelationshipLossNeverInvolved

My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.

Michelangelo

NatureSoulStaircaseMy SoulHeaven

We have had in our nation a well-celebrated Declaration of Independence. But our success as a country will depend upon a new 'Declaration of Inter-dependence.' A belief in how much we need each other, how much we share one common destiny.

Cory Booker

SuccessDestinyIndependenceCountry

I'm going to be who I am and believe in what I bring to the table every day.

Brock Osweiler

DayI AmBelieveEvery DayTableAm

All you can do is do good work, and do the good work for the sake of doing the good work and your evolution as an artist. That's what's most important to me.

Audra McDonald

WorkGoodMeGood WorkDoingYou

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