Jakaya Kikwete Quotes
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One of my personal plights in this business is about playing 'The Sassy Black Girl.'
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The reason I decided to run for Senate is one of my responsibilities as governor is to make sure that the voices of our people and our small businesses in New Hampshire are heard in Washington and that we continue to make the type of progress we're making here at the state level; we need that same type of response and progress in Washington.
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I like Brad Pitt; I just have nothing to do with him.
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I love nature - it's probably my most favorite thing. I don't watch much telly, the telly hardly goes on, but the things I do watch are sort of nature programs, and something about the oceans and the amount of weird fish that's in there.
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It's a fairly recent thing but I've become very fond of making drinks myself.
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It was helpful to have the confidence of youth that came from a lack of desperation. I thought, 'If I don't succeed, I'll go back to school and study.'
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When you model, there's no way you can't notice yourself. Do you know what I mean? Because you're constantly surrounded by people saying, 'Oh, she's too short, she's too skinny, she's this, she's whatever.' And you're right there. They're talking about you, and you're right there.
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You see a lot of us lingering around. We'll just stand there on the edge of the pool and kinda psych ourselves up into getting in.
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I almost envy people who say whatever they want.
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If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.
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I think of guitar players in terms of doctors: you have the doctor for your heart, the cardiologist, then one that works on your feet, your leg. But I believe George Benson is the one that plays all over. To me, he would be the M.D. of them all.
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Not a single one of the cells that compose you knows who you are, or cares.
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Impure means result in an impure end… One cannot reach truth by untruthfulness. Truthful conduct alone can reach Truth.
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I live and work with three basic assumptions, 1) There is no problem in science that can be solved by a man that cannot be solved by a woman. 2) Worldwide, half of all brains are in women. 3) We all need permission to do science, but, for reasons that are deeply ingrained in history, this permission is more often given to men than to women.
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Part of me suspects that I'm a loser and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty.
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Here are his earlier letters to me, that I've framed. I call them ‘my degrees’.
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The one thing I never counted on was having luck on my side.It was generally simpler that way.
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Everyone in America thinks I'm American - and everyone in England seems to think I'm American.
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I was just mind-blown to find that New Orleans is just so much more fun and interesting than I had ever thought.
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Why can't I just eat my waffle?
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I think a policy of isolationism toward Cuba is misplaced and hasn't worked.
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I'll never forget the day I realized I wasn't quite the Ford model I thought I was.
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Africa needs access to markets.
