Ory Okolloh Quotes

Omidyar Network first supported Africa Check in 2014 when they were a team of just three dedicated people intent on building a more fact-based environment for public debate in South Africa.

Ory Okolloh

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PeopleTeamBuildingEnvironment

In the time I've spent in public life, one of the things I've learned is that some issues look a lot different when you're actually in office compared to when you're on the campaign trail.

John F. Kerry

LifeTimeYouLookTrailOffice

Some days you have it; some days you don't.

Max Aaron

YouDaysSome

In France, I have lots of opportunities. Maybe now I'll be offered films in America. It's the encounter, with the director and the story that counts.

Jean Dujardin

StoryOpportunitiesAmericaNowLots

You don't give God authority over your life. He has it, totally.

John Piper

LifeGodYouAuthorityOverGive

I am in favor of admitting any territory into the Union of States as soon as it has fulfilled the requirements of the Constitution and shall petition for admission.

Ambrose Burnside

I AmConstitutionAdmissionUnion

The rules of Canadian engagement say that if we encounter a celebrity, we have to pretend we're not encountering a celebrity.

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

RulesSayCelebrityPretendCanadian

Living in France while the Falklands War was going on, I felt a profound sense of shame and betrayal, just as I did by the war in Iraq. People have asked why I don't talk about that directly in my plays. Well, politics needs to be articulated in many different ways.

Simon McBurney

PoliticsWarPeopleBetrayalLiving

From start to finish, my experience with 'Moonlight' has been the most unique thing.

Trevante Rhodes

ExperienceStartUniqueFinishBeen

We're not at a point in time to be taking chances with children and young people in the church. The Holy Father himself said... there is no room in the priesthood or religious life for someone who has abused a child. I think he's right.

Roger Mahony

LifeFatherChildrenTimeChild

It is very much the theme of our President, President Thabo Mbeki, whose passion is for Africa to work together, and for Africans to get up and do things for us. We are trying as women to do things for ourselves.

Miriam Makeba

WorkWomenPassionTogetherTrying

I don't write a whole lot about one person that exists in reality; it's usually characteristics of different people that I combine into a character. I tend to think through and try and make characters behave in a natural way. I follow the character and think about what they would do, what decisions they would make.

Jason Isbell

CharacterPeopleThinkRealityWay

If you're inside the box and a cross is coming, sometimes you need, as we say in Spanish, to smell the intuition, to smell where the cross is going.

Javier Hernandez

YouSometimesSaySmellInsideNeed

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