Dikembe Mutombo Quotes
People wonder why I love Africa so much. I say this is where I was born and raised. My roots are in Africa; that's were I developed.
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
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The world needs some help.
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I was never conscious that I was becoming an icon or I'm not an icon, because my family, my kids, my husband keep me down-to-earth.
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Even if you walk exactly the same route each time - as with a sonnet - the events along the route cannot be imagined to be the same from day to day, as the poet's health, sight, his anticipations, moods, fears, thoughts cannot be the same.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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Letters are like wine; if they are sound they ripen with keeping. A man should lay down letters as he does a cellar of wine.
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It's a good thing I don't read everything Eddie says, or I'd be up in arms and not enjoying my life.
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I've lived in New York for a really long time.
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It excites me to go to a movie and be reminded that I'm human, and I'm filled with opposites, and I'm built with flaws. Part of growth and healing is recognizing that.
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I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age.
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If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it.
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The vast majority of Muslims living here are peaceful citizens. Unfortunately, however, we also see religious and political fanaticism among Muslim groups in Germany.
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I believe that we should be able to marry whom ever we choose. As long as both people are willing... I say go for it!
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They got into fact checking at the 'Paris Review,' and it was mortifying. There was a wrangle about Hemingway's lost stories that nearly killed me. It turns out he didn't lose those stories. They weren't stolen from the platform.
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If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
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In one sense, every character you create will be yourself. You've never murdered, but your murderer's rage will be drawn from memories of your own extreme anger. Your love scenes will contain hints of your own past kisses and sweet moments.
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Education is neither eastern nor western.
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I grew up in a Mauritian bubble in France... I had the feeling of not belonging, but still living with French culture.
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As long as offices are open to all men and no constitutional rank is established, it is pure republicanism.
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It's very liberating to be naked in front of a hundred people, but there's nothing sexual about lovemaking on a movie set.
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Journalism was looked upon as a more noble thing than it is now. I don't know if it carries the same cachet that it did then.
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What I see for the band by the end of this year is the Complex live at the Montreux Jazz Festival. I want my guys to be comfortable. I'm certainly not in this for the money, but I'd really like to see my guys make some money off of this stuff.
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I'm double-jointed. I can put my legs over my head, which freaks people out.
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People wonder why I love Africa so much. I say this is where I was born and raised. My roots are in Africa; that's were I developed.
