Dikembe Mutombo Quotes
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What I think I have in common with the school of deconstruction is the mode of negative thinking or negative awareness, in the technical, philosophical sense of the negative, but which comes to me through negative theology.
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I'm not an ultra-libertarian who thinks there shouldn't be insider-trading laws at all.
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Can we really mobilize support, even of friends, when we tell them that if you are not with us you are against us?
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The celebration of homeownership seems to be part of a countermovement against popular owning of shares in corporations.
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I don't really care that much about eating. But I like impressing people with how good a cook I am. So I will cook. I'm an excellent cook. Not many people know that about me.
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In most organizations, change comes in only two flavors: trivial and traumatic. Review the history of the average organization and you'll discover long periods of incremental fiddling punctuated by occasional bouts of frantic, crisis-driven change.
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Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.
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My dad was my hero. And I got my personality from my mother.
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If I'm compelled to do something, I don't shy away from it simply because I haven't tackled it before.
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I'm never interested in writing a kind of neutral, universal novel that could be set anywhere. To me, the novel is a local thing.
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I have encountered those who feel that libraries have served their purpose and are no longer needed. There are those who consider them a soft target when it comes to local authority budget cuts. In certain political quarters, there is a refusal to see that our public library service needs active protection.
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Age is strictly a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.
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If you always think about your dreams or goals, work steadfastly towards them and continue to challenge yourself, you will definitely be able to realise those dreams or goals.
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As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope.
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Neatness - which is grooming, after all - is definitely the most important requirement.
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I always found that drama, really good drama, has a lot of comedy in it.
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Disinterested intellectual curiosity is the life blood of real civilization.
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I'm appealing to people who want something different, but the world, on the whole, doesn't really embrace different things. Not on the whole.
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I want to remind women of color out there to stand your ground, and don't ever be afraid to speak up.
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I like songs in all different genres and types. My production and songwriting is everything from pop rock to hip-hop and everything in between.
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Artists in general never stay in the same place; we keep growing. It's still you: you still have that core that you always had, but you work with new people and hear new things.
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To fear God means to honor and respect Him in every decision we make. When we fear the Lord, we have a reverence for Him that moves us to obey His Word.
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I cannot forget the place that I come from. The Congo is much in need.
