Dambisa Moyo Quotes

This is a great continent. I went to primary school on this continent, secondary school, university. I've worked on this continent, and I think that it's a great disservice that, for whatever reason, people have usurped an imagery of Africa that is absolutely incorrect.

Dambisa Moyo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: economist
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: February 2, 1969

Topics

GreatSchoolPeopleThinkAfrica

So, I'm thinking of a name for a villain that has a sense of humor. I thought of 'The Joker' as a name, and as soon as I thought that, I associate it with the playing card, as my family had a tradition of champion playing; my brother was a contract champion bridge player. There were always cards around the house.

Jerry Robinson

FamilyHumorBrotherBridgeVillain

I was on 'Search for Tomorrow' for about nine months, then 'Another World' for two years.

Joanna Going

TomorrowWorldSearchTwoYears

When push comes to shove, people vote alone.

Meles Zenawi

AlonePeoplePushVoteShove

I want to do everything, and I don't think that's too ambitious.

Megan Hilty

ThinkWantEverythingAmbitiousToo

I dabbled in puppetry throughout college and even had my own traveling puppet show after I graduated.

Matt Vogel

CollegeMy OwnOwnShowPuppetEven

When you're singing before 15,000 people at a summer concert outside, you need to look beautiful, because that's what people want.

Anna Netrebko

BeautifulPeopleSingingYouLook

I'm attracted to stories that deal with the family and what it's like to be a member of that family, whether it's together or apart, given the pressures that are put on it by the outside world.

Stanley R. Jaffe

FamilyTogetherWorldOutsideDeal

Startups are often best at solving the personal problems of their founders. The more diverse the founders, the more types of problems can be solved - and the more people who will be positively impacted by technology.

Michael Seibel

TechnologyBestPeopleProblemsWill

How well I walk my talk, and not talk my talk, determines the quality of my engagement, of all my experience with what is quite personally my God. I'm my greatest teacher, and within me, I have the power to push myself deeper and higher.

Lorraine Toussaint

GodPowerTeacherMyselfWalkMe

I suppose I have become a sort of living monument in Portugal. But I come from a family with roots all over the world, so the idea of patriotism is not very strong in me. My country is the country of Chekhov, Beethoven, Velasquez - writers I like, painters and artists I admire.

Antonio Lobo Antunes

FamilyPatriotismMeRootsWorld

So when I read this story, it unlocked a volcano of unanswered questions, because the questions had never been asked. It was an opportunity to come to terms with the lot of repressed history - and history of repression.

Phillip Noyce

OpportunityHistoryStoryQuestions

Hats are the epitome of Englishness, and a royal wedding is the penultimate moment for a hat designer. I'm Irish, but I am a royalist and I believe in fantasy.

Philip Treacy

MomentI AmHatBelieveWedding

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