Emmanuel Jal Quotes
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Having Black hair is unique in that Black women change up styles a lot. You can walk down one street block in New York City and see 10 different hairstyles that Black women are wearing: straight curls, short cuts, braids - we really run the gamut.
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I have dedicated many years to economic study, up to the Ph.D. level, to analyze and understand the inherent weaknesses of aid and why aid policies have consistently failed to deliver on economic growth and poverty alleviation.
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We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles.
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If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that.
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I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
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I'm not saying I'm a paragon of virtue, but it's hard for me not to be honorable.
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Human faces shouldn't get lost amid the statistics.
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We are in a democracy, and I think for all issues, whatever matters that the opposition may have apprehension on, there is a forum, and it is called Parliament.
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Many African-American men are incarcerated. And so African-American women do carry an enormous burden. And traditionally have carried a greater burden than perhaps their white counterparts.
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Broccoli gets such a bad rap. This is perplexing to those of us who love that green, treelike, stalky vegetable.
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I looked at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the boys up there thinking, I want to be that.
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Oh my God, Nicole is killed? Oh my God, she is dead?
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President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.
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I can speak a little bit of Hindi but understand every word.
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Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed.
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If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.
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I think for a lot of amateurs, their alignment is always out.
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My family is more a sports family, and I figure skated for a very long time, so movement and how I relate to movement is very integral to my process.
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American voters tend to make their decisions based on a variety of vectors. Professional political satirists employ rather more scientific criteria. Namely: who will provide us with better material over the next four years?
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When you're lucky enough to have a good film made of your novel - and 'Never Let Me Go' is, believe me, a heartbreakingly good film indeed - you get wonderfully talented individuals each focusing on their special area.
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I am a joyful conservative, unafraid to articulate big ideas with an optimistic smile.
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It seems entirely possible to me that horrible things can be going on without us becoming horrible people.
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I never said I will stand, I said I hoped to stand. It wasn't a prediction.
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When people know you've been a soldier, they judge you: you are a thief, a lost boy.
