Wangari Maathai Quotes

It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture.

Wangari Maathai

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PositiveGoodCultureAcceptUsOur

I love championships. That's when I want to be at my best. I love those environments. It brings the best out of me.

Jessica Ennis-Hill

LoveBestMeWantOutChampionships

There are many documentary filmmakers who have a tough time because they don't really get what they need to do what they want. There are so many people with good visions that should be encouraged and helped. And they will deliver, I'm sure.

Max von Sydow

GoodTimePeopleToughWantWill

My fascination with letting images repeat and repeat - or in film's case 'run on' - manifests my belief that we spend much of our lives seeing without observing.

Andy Warhol

SeeingRunBeliefWithoutRepeat

AOL invented social networking.

Jeff Bewkes

NetworkingSocialAOLInvented

People of color grow up steeped in 'white' culture. The reverse is not true. And, no, listening to hip-hop on the way to work does not count as immersion.

John Ridley

WorkCulturePeopleListeningColor

My fan base just growing and growing. People know that I'm not just coming and going. They know that I'm here to stay.

Shy Glizzy

PeopleGrowingKnowComingGoing

I've never seen a tornado and I've lived in Oklahoma City basically my whole life. It's not like we're infested with them on a continual basis. But you learn to live with the warnings. And you learn what to do if one is coming your way. And then you cross your fingers and make the best judgments you can.

Mick Cornett

LifeLiveBestCityLearnYou

I am married to someone I love.

Joseph Epstein

LoveI AmSomeoneMarriedI LoveAm

Fashion embraces the weirdos. They're into that. There are always young people that people in fashion are interested in. You know, youth and vitality and energy - it brings something different.

Chloe Sevigny

PeopleYouthFashionEnergyYou

For me, football always meant that we came together as a family and, in the summer we played football outside.

Claudia Schiffer

FamilyFootballTogetherMeSummer

I have been fortunate in my career to play a lot of lead roles. The downside to that is I don't have a life outside of the show. I go on lockdown even with my wife if the show is really difficult and I am having vocal problems.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

LifeWifeI AmProblemsCareerPlay

'Atlanta' is really trying to put that out there: these are just the lives of these people in this city, and this city is its own breathing, living thing, too. So how do you navigate through life, especially with dreams and aspirations in a world that tells you that you don't deserve to have them.

Brian Tyree Henry

LifeDreamsPeopleCityWorldYou

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