Yaya Toure Quotes
I am very proud to be African. I want to defend African people, and I want to show to the world that African players can be as good as the Europeans and South Americans.
Quotes to Explore
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There is no button that you push and the next day you become independent.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
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I'm a sci-fi girl. If I can have anything in life, I'd want tons of great science-fiction movies and stories. It's so progressive, beautiful, and imaginative.
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Being evil is easy.
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Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
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The thing, when you're down two sets to love, is to stay calm, even though it's hard, because people are freaking out, people are worried for you.
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I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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The basic question 'will I obey Christ 's teaching?' is rarely taken as a serious issue. For example, to take one of Jesus' commands, that is relevant to contemporary life, I don't know of any church that actually teaches a church how to bless people who curse them, yet this is a clear command.
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I happen to dig being able to use whatever mystique I have to further the idea of peace.
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The plastic bottle we're throwing away every day still stays there. And if we show that to people, then we can also promote some behavioral change.
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To keep your job, you fire others or bench them or trade them. You have to do the thinking for 25 guys, and you can't be too close to any of them.
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This particular nurse said, Cancer cells are those which have forgotten how to die. I was so struck by this statement.
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Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness.
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Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I.
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Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
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If parents could just get their children moving around in the most simple and fun ways - jumping in leaves, dancing to pop music, throwing socks in a laundry basket - they could be sowing the seeds of great habits that could last a lifetime. It is all about turning it into a game.
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My early films look terrible! I didn't know what I was doing. I learned when I was doing it. I never went to film school.
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Coming out was crucial to changing attitudes about gays and lesbians: will people feel differently about abortion if they know their mother, their aunt, or their friend had one?
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People tend to throw up hands at Michael Jackson's multifarious bizarreness. But is it really so strange? The boy was forced to work by a cruel and physically abusive father starting at the age of 7.
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Sometimes things you write are messages to yourself. Even though I think my stuff has a particular voice because you are who you are, it's good to switch it up, professionally and personally. The dare to be great situation is always going to be the one that matters the most.
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I am very proud to be African. I want to defend African people, and I want to show to the world that African players can be as good as the Europeans and South Americans.
