Ishmael Beah Quotes

Whenever I speak at the United Nations, UNICEF or elsewhere to raise awareness of the continual and rampant recruitment of children in wars around the world, I come to realize that I still do not fully understand how I could have possibly survived the civil war in my country, Sierra Leone.

Ishmael Beah

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
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  • Birth: November 23, 1980

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ChildrenWarWorldSpeakCountry

Is everyone who uses a MacBook Pro a pro? No. It's just basically a faster Mac. And certainly, pros do use them, partly for that reason.

John Gruber

ReasonEveryoneJustWhoFasterUse

I believe really deeply in the pilot process because you learn things about tone and casting. Even some of our best shows have had substantial re-shoots and reworking before they've gone on the air.

John Landgraf

BestBelieveProcessLearnYouAir

It's so rare when marketing and press doesn't ruin your movie.

Jeff Baena

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'Grimm,' I think, is a unique show in a lot of ways. There is certainly nothing on TV that looks like 'Grimm'.

Silas Weir Mitchell

ThinkUniqueLooksNothingShowTV

Leaders who fail are the ones who do it by themselves. Leaders who succeed are the ones who allow others to help them.

Simon Sinek

SucceedHelpOthersFailLeaders

Anybody who has enough information about what's going on in the bitcoin world, you would not buy your bitcoins on Mt. Gox.

Roger Ver

WorldEnoughYouInformationBuy

I think there are always people that you meet in your life that scare you a little, but not because of the terror in their eyes so much as their unpredictability.

Joshua Sasse

LifeEyesPeopleThinkYouMeet

Most of our social nature is like that of other primates - we're mostly out for ourselves.

Jonathan Haidt

NatureOutSocialLikeMostOur

The greatest luxury of having money should be not having to worry about it.

David Whyte

MoneyWorryLuxuryGreatestShould

I have a problem with bullying.

Cindy Morgan

BullyingProblem

I do not believe in widening the income gap between rich and poor, and my life's work in the inner city of Detroit demonstrates that far more than any sound bite.

Clark Durant

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If you go in Spain, you have to play with another style. The English culture is the English culture. If you come here, you have to play in this style.

Claudio Ranieri

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