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George Ayittey Quotes

Just because a group does not take its decisions by voting does not mean they have no understanding of the essence of democracy.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: economist
Nationality: ghanaian
Birth: 1945

Topics

Democracy Decisions Understanding

I should have been kinder when I was younger.

Been Younger Should Kinder

Early in my modeling career, when I was a teenager, I really took care of my skin. I didn't get too much sun exposure, and I moisturized.

Sun Care Early Career Too Much Skin

The idea of reinvention has always seemed bizarre to me.

Me Always Reinvention Idea Bizarre

Social Security is not a retirement savings plan; it is a social insurance program. It's a contract that says, as a society, we will look out for you and your family when you can no longer work.

Work Family Society Retirement Plan

I've always thought of myself as a journalist; that was what I did.

Myself Thought Always Journalist Did

I've never felt a strong urge to rush into Hollywood, so I bided my time and waited till I had a decent body of work to show people, the icing on the cake being 'Salmon Fishing' and 'Parade's End.'

Work Time Fishing Cake People End

My outspoken positions haven't always been popular in the halls of Congress, but they have been rooted in what I believed was right and necessary.

Congress Right Always Rooted Been

We have deep roots in Arkansas, and I'll always be a Razorback.

Roots Deep Always Arkansas

The power and reach of music should never be underestimated.

Music Power Reach Never Should

A star needs all the rest she can get.

Rest She Star Get Needs

People say, 'All my son will read is 'Captain Underpants,' or 'My son is crazy about shark books, is that O.K.?' I want to be the person to say, 'Yeah, that's really O.K., as long as he's motivated to want to read.'

Son People Crazy Long Person Want

It was at a vividly bad time in Norman Mailer's life that I met him, and a sort of water-treading time in mine. He had stabbed his wife, and I was a copy boy at Time magazine.

Life Time Wife Bad Copy Boy

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