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George Ayittey Quotes

Hippos kill more people in Africa annually than any other wild animal.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
Nationality: ghanaian
Birth: 1945

Topics

Animal People Africa More Wild Than

I had true rivalries. Not only did I want to beat my opponent, but I didn't want to let him up, either. I had a rivalry with Mac, Lendl, Borg. Everybody knew there was tension between us, on court and off. That's what's really ingrained in my mind: 'This is real. This isn't a soft rivalry.' There were no hugs and kisses.

Mind Want True Opponent Real Beat

I think that there is a tragic misfit at the core of me, and I've just done a lot of work on myself. I love a good self-help book; I've read a ton of them. I love self-help seminars and therapy and all that.

Work Love Good Myself Me Book

I want to take the great tradition of the orchestra within me, to take what the orchestra offers.

Great Me Tradition Want Within Take

Being female and an advocate for equal opportunities, I want to see an equal representation in people applying for the head coach job for the women's team.

Women Job People Team Opportunities

I suspect there isn't an actor alive who was able to truthfully answer his family's questions after his first day's activity in his future profession.

Simone Signoret

Family Future Day Questions Alive

My first stand-up experience, like most comics, was horrible. I got booed offstage. I thought I was funnier than I was. But the walk from the back of the room to the stage was the most excited I'd ever been about anything in my life other than kissing a girl. That's how I knew I had to get back onstage and do it again.

Life Girl Experience Walk Thought

Birds have wings; they're free; they can fly where they want when they want. They have the kind of mobility many people envy.

Roger Tory Peterson

Nature People Birds Fly Free Envy

I've been on 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa,' and I know it does wonders for your career.

Rithvik Dhanjani

Career Know Been Your Wonders Does

I don't in any way think the American people rejected the Republican Party, or we'd be in a lot worse shape than we are.

Mitch McConnell

People Think American Party Way

You either end up on a good, fun show that's successful, or you have that question mark in your future, and you know that you don't know what's going to happen, which is exciting.

Good Future Fun End You Know

I'm drawn to failure. I feel like I'm contending with it constantly in my own life.

Joyce Carol Oates

Life Failure Feel My Own Own Like

For me, there is no better tapa than a really good stuffed olive.

Good Me Better Olive Than Really

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