Petina Gappah Quotes

I'm not even sure that I want to go back... The Zimbabwe that I really loved, the Zimbabwe that I grew up in, just isn't there anymore, and I'm not sure about the country that has replaced it.

Petina Gappah

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LovedBackCountryGoWantUp

Members walk into the chamber full of hatred. They believe the worst lies about the other side. Two senators stopped by my office just a few hours ago. Why? They had a plot to nail somebody on the other side. That's what Congress has come to.

Jim Cooper

WalkBelieveWhyWorstOfficeSide

How can you create a team and bring all these egos together? The main goal for Manchester United is for them to play well - and not have a player saying, 'I play well; I scored two goals'. Because if I score two goals, but three goals go into our net, then we lose.

Johan Cruyff

GoalsTogetherTeamSayingYouLose

If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.

Melinda Gates

LifeDirectionSomeoneHelpRemember

The blockchain allows our smart devices to speak to each other better and faster.

Melanie Swan

SmartSpeakBetterBlockchainFaster

I think the federal government really should be supporting Louisiana and ensuring that every person from that area has an opportunity to vote on what will occur in the area.

Stephanie Tubbs Jones

OpportunityGovernmentThinkPerson

I think there is a way to be formal and elegant and classy, but more modern. Brad Pitt has been changing it, and Will Smith has been doing it in his own way.

Steven Cojocaru

ThinkDoingClassyWillWayMore

I fell in love with the art of acting back when I was 10 years old, actually.

Sinqua Walls

LoveArtBackActingOldYears

For a war correspondent to miss an invasion is like refusing a date with Lana Turner.

Robert Capa

WarMissDateLikeInvasionTurner

My brain is like a cross between a colander and a Lazy Susan - thin, slow, and it leaks.

Ron White

BrainSlowLazyLikeBetweenCross

We only have one body, and you have to show respect for it.

Mireille Guiliano

RespectYouBodyShowOnly

Fiction allows us to both evade truth and to approach it - or, rather, it's fiction that allows us to 'construct' our world. It's haunted by the unimaginable and the unspeakable.

Joshua Oppenheimer

TruthWorldFictionUsApproachOur

I'm an actor, I'm not a comedian, I never was a comedian.

Jonah Hill

ActorNeverComedian

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