Wangari Maathai Quotes

It was easy to persecute me without people feeling ashamed. It was easy to vilify me and project me as a woman who was not following the tradition of a 'good African woman' and as a highly educated elitist who was trying to show innocent African women ways of doing things that were not acceptable to African men.

Wangari Maathai

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: kenyan
  • Birth: April 1, 1940

Topics

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As a kid, I loved the whimsical Superman and Batman stuff, and as a teenager, Marvel was more angsty, and that appealed to me. Marvel dealt with more stuff I could relate to as a teenager.

Jim Lee

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My dream became bigger and bigger. And the box got bigger than the message, than the Gospel.

Jim Bakker

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Seven thirty in the morning is too early for a man of my standing.

Matt Roper

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What I've learned is that makeup well applied can really last all day. I've had makeup on for 17 hours with minimal retouching. Once it's on me, and I start, I don't want to be touched again.

Stephanie March

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A book's title is vital.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

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Whenever we start a new TV series, there's also a lot of question marks, and part of that is finding who you are.

Mary Steenburgen

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They that have lived a single day have lived an age.

Jean de la Bruyere

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I think sometimes when trades are made the beginning of the season on paper, they look great. It just takes time. Sometimes the process by the media or outside influences or sources want it to be now. Sometimes it doesn't work that way.

Jason Kidd

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I'm a firm believer in utilizing celebrities because they tap into people on an emotional basis.

Daymond John

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My character is somebody who is smaller in stature and yet who's strong, so to see the fighting situations between people who are not generally thought of being strong is in itself unusual and therefore interesting, I think.

Chiaki Kuriyama

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Probably the TV show I've watched the most is 'How It's Made' on the History Channel. I could watch 24 hours of 'How It's Made' and never get bored. Or 'Dirty Jobs' - that's even better!

Shane Carruth

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NATO's essentially run by the United States.

Noam Chomsky

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