Leymah Gbowee Quotes

I always tell people, anger is like liquid. It's fluid, it's like water. You put it in a container and it takes the shape of that container. So many people you see in prison, unleashing war on their people, they are angry, and they take their anger and put it into a violent container.

Leymah Gbowee

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
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  • Birth: February 1, 1972

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I was at university and I was studying modern drama and studying English, and I just was like, 'I don't wanna be in this place. I wanna be acting.'

Melanie Lynskey

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I used to literally collect friends that had hair like me. And it would start like this: 'What kind of products do you use?'

Tracee Ellis Ross

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God bless America. God save the Queen. God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia.

Russell Crowe

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I know I have the mental capacity of a thousand bloggers, but because of that, my obligation to serve God is also that of a thousand bloggers.

Mickey Kaus

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It's not that you make a psychopath. They are - more likely, they come out that way, and they show their stripes over time.

Mitchell Zuckoff

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I remember in 2000, when President Clinton came to Cartagena just before Plan Colombia started, the country was on the verge of becoming a failed state. Today, we are one of the most solid democracies, where institutions are working, where the scandals such as false positives have come to light because of those functioning institutions.

Juan Manuel Santos

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This is a great thing, to make a living as a professional golfer, isn't it?

Jason Day

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I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control.

Javier Bardem

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Improving our nation's education system has long been the cornerstone of my policy agenda.

Jared Polis

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I have great respect for the Pope. I like the Pope. I actually like him.

Donald Trump

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At one point I learned transcendental meditation. This was 30-something years ago. It took me back to the way that I naturally was as a child growing up way in the country, rarely seeing people. I was in that state of oneness with creation and it was as if I didn't exist except as a part of everything.

Alice Walker

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In our eyes, the success of Franck Muller and Sincere is synonymous.

Pollyanna Chu

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