Hugh Masekela Quotes

One of the greatest things that could really happen to Africa is for us to get rid of the borders and for the leadership not to think that the countries belong to them... We didn't create the borders to start with.

Hugh Masekela

Recitation: by Male by Female

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LeadershipStartThinkCreateAfrica

Advertising must respect the intelligence of its audience and if it does not prompt them to think, it will be instantly dismissed.

Maurice Saatchi

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I got a house... in Effingham, so they lock me up in my hermitic seal, and if they knock, I don't answer the door. I am immersed in my world.

Maurizio Sarri

I AmMeDoorWorldHouseUp

I think fashion, mishandled, can be quite toxic. It becomes about image and the cult of celebrity. I think when an artist is seen at a lot of parties as a celebrity, I find that worrying. I think it can limit them.

Amanda Harlech

FashionThinkArtistFindImage

Anorexia and bulimia seem to be getting much more common in boys, men, and women of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds; they are also becoming more common in racial groups previously thought to be impervious to the problem.

Marya Hornbacher

WomenMenThoughtProblemMoreSeem

I always wanted to be an actor, even as a little kid. So I went to drama school in the late '60s at Carnegie Mellon.

Loudon Wainwright III

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I'm petrified of bees because I have an anaphylactic reaction to bees.

Joyce Giraud

ReactionBecauseBeesPetrified

As an author, you need to keep talking to your audience to remind yourself what they like and what they don't like. You spend most of your life locked in a room, and you need to be social occasionally.

Jonathan Stroud

LifeYourselfTalkingYouNeedRoom

I think my mystery, or any person's mystery, is the thing that makes them most interesting. I try to be as conscious as possible of keeping that alive.

Brie Larson

ThinkInterestingMysteryPersonTry

When a player deserves to play, with me, he'll play.

Antonio Conte

MePlayPlayerHeDeserves

Oliver Sacks remains my hero to this day. He was one of the first medical writers I read. The other was Lewis Thomas, who is no longer alive but is just heroic to me.

Atul Gawande

HeroDayMedicalMeAliveFirst

I don't take time off.

Wiz Khalifa

TimeTakeOff

I've learnt new scales through playing different types of music, like Indian raga scales, gipsy scales and harmonically-based jazz scales.

Nigel Kennedy

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