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George Ayittey Quotes

In a banana republic, one might slip on a banana peel but things do work - now and then for the people, albeit inefficiently and unreliably.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
Nationality: ghanaian
Birth: 1945

Topics

Work People Now Now And Then Banana

I left because I could no longer make records that sounded less and less like me. I tried to please people instead of believing in my own strength, until the only thing I could do was walk away.

Melissa Manchester

Strength Walk People Me Believing

I have been raising money for the past 14 years for diabetes research.

John Ratzenberger

Money Past Research Diabetes Years

You have to start with slavery because those abuses have never been eradicated. You know, people are not living in slums because they voted to. You know, their children are not in jail because they wanted them to. You know, these are the results of a people who have been oppressed and suffer national oppression, you know.

Children People Slavery Start You

We can't just pop off and drop a bomb on North Korea and think everything's going to be OK. It just doesn't work like that. It's a complicated puzzle.

Work Puzzle Think Complicated Going

The most venomous animal that lives in the ocean is the box jellyfish. And every one of those barbs is sending that venom into this central nervous system. So first I feel like boiling hot oil I've been dipped in. And I'm yelling out, 'Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Help me! Somebody help me!' And the next thing is paralysis.

Fire Ocean Animal Me Feel Help

The American people are not anti-immigrant. We are concerned about the lack of coherence in our immigration policy and enforcement.

People Immigration American Policy

This is the great fault of wine; it first trips up the feet: it is a cunning wrestler.

Great Feet Wine First Fault Up

I don't like getting up in the morning, getting in a car, driving on a freeway, and stopping at a gate where two guards are standing there, then walk into a studio that looks like a bunch of airplane hangars.

Car Morning Walk Airplane Driving

I think any period in history can be adapted into interesting fiction, as long as you approach the actual history with respect.

Seth Grahame-Smith

History Respect Think Interesting

I've always worked on all different types of music, some with specific project goals and deadlines and some not. Sometimes I would write a piece of music that is almost like a film score or weird electro pieces, wherever the muse took me, and I still do that.

Goals Music Me Weird Sometimes Muse

By 2007, Iraqi society had completely collapsed.

Society Had Collapsed Iraqi

The public is in need of experiences that are not just voyeuristic. Our society is in a mess of losing its spiritual centre.

Marina Abramovic

Spiritual Losing Society Need Mess

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