Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Quotes

If we save people from HIV/AIDS, if we save them from malaria, it means they can form the base of production for our economy.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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PeopleEconomyProductionSaveMeans

Hundreds of political prisoners still suffer in Tibetan prisons. Freedom of speech is not allowed in any sense. It is illegal to possess a photo of the Dalai Lama.

Joanna Lumley

FreedomPoliticalSpeechSuffer

While I was thinking about the next film to do, I was also reading this book by Diane Ackerman called 'The Natural History of the Senses' - an anthropological and sociological look at the senses. But it also has this great sense of enthusiasm.

Jeremy Podeswa

HistoryGreatBookReadingThinking

Big Night and The Impostors are both things that I wrote.

Stanley Tucci

NightThingsBigBothWrote

And I played in jazz band as well during all three years in school.

Travis Barker

SchoolThreeJazzBandYearsWell

Baseball has been very good to me.

Roberto Clemente

GoodBaseballMeBeenVery

Research on child abuse suggests that religious beliefs can foster, encourage, and justify the abuse of children. When contempt for sex underlies teachings, this creates a breeding ground for abuse.

Mary Garden

ChildrenChildResearchSexAbuse

Your parents want to think they have a healthy, happy family.

Mary Docter

FamilyHappyParentsThinkHealthy

You're never going to see the fat Elvis in me. People I admired like Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and John Belushi all died at 27. I've got jeans older than that.

Jon Bon Jovi

PeopleMeFatYouNeverSee

I really love a lot of early Sixties R&B, rock n' roll, and I love performing songs that have that power and soulfulness.

Johnny Flynn

LovePowerEarlyRockSixtiesRoll

You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other - the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies.

Clive Owen

PeopleThinkYouBackLostMovies

Only through destroying myself can I discover the greater power of my spirit.

Chuck Palahniuk

PowerMyselfSpiritThroughGreater

I think that inside every adult is the heart of a child. We just gradually convince ourselves that we have to act more like adults.

Shigeru Miyamoto

HeartChildThinkMoreInsideAct

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