Omar Bongo Quotes

It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.

Omar Bongo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: statesman
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  • Birth: December 30, 1935 - June 8, 2009

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CouragePoliticalPlaceNewWillUp

My very first scrimmage at Kansas, I got dunked on so hard by Tarik Black that I almost quit. Tarik dunked on me so hard that I was looking at plane tickets home. This guy was a senior. He was a grown man. I didn't know what was going on. He got his own rebound and dunked over me so hard that everything went in slow motion.

Joel Embiid

HomeManMeLookingBlackSlow

Ambition is a very dangerous thing because either you achieve it and your life ends prematurely, or you don't, in which case your life is a constant source of disappointment. You must never have ambition.

Jeremy Clarkson

LifeDisappointmentAmbitionYou

But I think beautiful is simple and elegant, like a ballad with simple harmony.

John Fogerty

BeautifulSimpleThinkHarmonyLike

The music of Bach is so timeless, so fulfilling. You don't feel like you have to be in front of it. The music has everything, and you are there to find the balance when you conduct. You don't have to give too much of your individuality. It's Bach, so it's dangerous to get in the way.

Andris Nelsons

MusicBalanceFeelYouFindWay

I don't date. It's hard to date when you're at home. Because nobody knows you.

Anna Nicole Smith

HomeYouNobodyHardBecauseDate

I was afraid I would get the Oscar for 'Irma La Douce' because it was popular. But I didn't want to because I didn't really think it was that good.

Shirley MacLaine

GoodThinkWantAfraidBecauseGet

My auntie Anne took me to 'Phantom of the Opera' in London. I thought it was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen.

Lisa O'Hare

BeautifulMeThoughtLondonOpera

You can't have a university without having free speech, even though at times it makes us terribly uncomfortable. If students are not going to hear controversial ideas on college campuses, they're not going to hear them in America. I believe it's part of their education.

Donna Shalala

EducationCollegeIdeasFreeBelieve

I was the only kid who anybody I knew has ever seen actually walk into a lamppost with his eyes wide open. Everybody assumed that there must be something going on inside, because there sure as hell wasn't anything going on the outside!

Douglas Adams

EyesWalkHellInsideOutsideKid

It's hard to maintain a life when you do a play. You feel you have to pretend to go through a normal day, knowing that in the evening you'll be doing this.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

LifeDayEveningFeelDoingYou

His claim to his home is deep, but there are too many ghosts. He must absorb without being absorbed.

Willie Morris

HomeDeepGhostsWithoutMustClaim

Whatever you believe in, and if you keep trying, you can eventually succeed.

William Hung

SucceedBelieveTryingYouWhatever

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