Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Quotes

From 1967 to '70, Nigeria fought a war - the Nigeria-Biafra war. And in the middle of that war, I was 14 years old. We spent much of our time with my mother cooking. For the army - my father joined the army as a brigadier - the Biafran army. We were on the Biafran side.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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I didn't really enjoy school. I wouldn't say they were my golden years.

Sophie Wu

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It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time.

Simone de Beauvoir

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Most people's historical perspective begins with the day of their birth.

Rush Limbaugh

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It's hard enough just staying in the present. I can't tell you what's going to happen tomorrow.

Mike McCready

TomorrowPresentEnoughYouHard

Politics in Philadelphia is a contact sport.

Michael Nutter

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I used to love going on a junket and promoting a film when it was not a 24-hour news cycle, and when there weren't so many media outlets. You could actually talk about the film.

Debra Winger

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I just - I love my job. I love doing it. It's a passionate endeavor. And sometimes you can get close to something that you believe is the truth. The truth of something. Not all the time, but sometimes.

Donald Sutherland

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Too many people, because they were white and poor, black and rich, or just plain busy with something other than politics, have felt they had no voice in our government.

Mark Sanford

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Crime fiction makes money. It may be harder for writers to get published, but crime is doing better than most of what we like to call CanLit. It's elementary, plot-driven, character-rich story-telling at its best.

Linwood Barclay

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Satire is tragedy plus time. You give it enough time, the public, the reviewers will allow you to satirize it. Which is rather ridiculous, when you think about it.

Lenny Bruce

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My family has had to move and change their name and have been subject to threats from right wing blogs calling for my son, for example, to be killed to get at me.

Julian Assange

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Even if you're 'the gay guy,' if you're winning events, you're still winning events.

Gus Kenworthy

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