George Ayittey Quotes

African history is filled with experiences of people shooting their way to power and then splintering into factions, like in Somalia and Liberia.

George Ayittey

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Somebody's always getting me to come lecture to their writing class, and I don't talk about writing at all, I talk about the business of making a living at this racket.

Jerry Pournelle

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To the timid soul, nothing is possible.

John Bach

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I'm happy that the sacrificing, the hard training, the travel, the time being away from the family, is going to stop. So I'm happy; I'm glad about that. But I'm also terrified. Frightened. Because, I mean, in my whole adult life, cycling was the most consistent thing I ever did.

Jens Voigt

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It's ironic that early on in the war with Afghanistan, the Americans and the British were saying, 'We recognise there must be a Palestinian state,' then they rapidly forgot about it. I think history will show that that kind of amnesia will come back to haunt you.

Tom Paulin

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When it comes to the cause of justice, I take no prisoners and I don't believe in compromise.

Mary Frances Berry

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It's not a choice between war and peace. It's a choice between war and endless war. It's not appeasement. I think it's better even to call it American self-interest.

Michael Scheuer

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I used to forget that I was an Indian woman. I would even forget that I was a woman. I don't think of myself as bringing to the table a lot of 'women's issues.' I don't feel the need to write about maternity. I grew up thinking that the talented people in comedy were hard-joke writers.

Mindy Kaling

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There have been times when I have deliberately tried to take my life... I think I must have been crying for some attention.

Judy Garland

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Just as human activity is upsetting Earth's carbon cycle, our actions are altering the water cycle.

David Suzuki

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I am an actor and mouldable enough to do films like '2 States,' 'Gunday,' and 'Finding Fanny.'

Arjun Kapoor

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Leaks and whispers are a daily routine of news-gathering in Washington.

William Greider

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When they first said I made it through it was just crazy, I mean all kinds of thoughts were going through my head, and you know to be watching the show for nine seasons and to be on it now is surreal, it's so surreal.

Scotty McCreery

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