Dambisa Moyo Quotes

I don't think my background in Zambia has really affected my lens because my classical training has been Western-style. But it's fantastically fortuitous to have been born African because I don't feel I have a vested interest to the U.S. or China or wherever.

Dambisa Moyo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I don't need to break the speed limit. But if I'm not passing other vehicles on the interstate, I get a little irritated.

Jimmie Johnson

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In the United States, the mainstream news outlets like to portray themselves as observers, content to let events play out without interference. But in Britain, where crusading journalistic campaigns are part of the tradition, it is far more acceptable for reporters to become active participants, with a specific outcome in mind.

Jo Becker

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He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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A great power has to have the discipline not only to go when necessary but to know when not to go. Getting involved in ethnic, religious civil wars is a recipe for disaster.

John Kasich

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Africa is probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.

Matthew McConaughey

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There was always an unspoken generosity about my mom.

Matt Lauer

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Instead of arguing about whether we're allowed to describe Muslim terrorists as 'Muslim terrorists,' why don't we argue about whether it's a good idea to be letting in so many immigrants who then blow up the Boston Marathon?

Ann Coulter

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Ancelotti is internationally oriented and speaks English. Why would he not be successful with a club like Bayern? He would be a good fit for a Bundesliga side.

Toni Kroos

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That morning of 11 September 2001, as we watched the twin towers crumble on live television, America and I would develop a bond that has proven deeper and more enduring - for better or worse, through sickness and health - than the one I had with my now ex-husband.

Mona Eltahawy

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I used to work on a survey crew, because my dad was an engineer, but he was also a surveyor.

Michael Keaton

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The most important ways in which I think the Internet will affect the big issue is that it will make it more difficult for government to collect taxes.

Milton Friedman

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I want to create this pool of talent to draw from, and I hope that people get inspired to make more web series and bring them to me to help develop.

Jay Ellis

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