Jakaya Kikwete Quotes
At independence, Tanzania had 350,000 elephants... in 1987, there were only 55,000 elephants left.
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I used to never feel pressure to be creative; it's always just been a fun thing. And then suddenly, it's my job, and people are asking, 'Where's the record?'
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You need tremendous spirituality to stop yourself falling into the abyss.
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I cannot remember a time when the question of why people behave as they do was not intensely interesting to me. The desire to understand was very important. When I was young, I was aware of the fact that much of the time, the reasons a person gave for his actions were not the actual reasons.
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I think that all stereotypes sort of begin with truth. I think that the only problem is if that's the only place that you go.
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My mom has every issue of 'Billboard' I've ever been in.
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There's a high head count on 'Homeland.'
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I believe though I do not comprehend, and I hold by faith what I cannot grasp with the mind.
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Yes, long hours and a hard life for my parents, but for a six to seven year old every new day dawned with fresh excitement when you have not a care in the world, and so much to learn and witness.
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I normally hit the gym five times a week. I tend to do half an hour of cardio - on the treadmill or a spin class - then head for the weights. I do a lot of core work, obviously!
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The big problems are where people don't realise they have one in the first place.
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I was a production assistant. I saw what people who are full of themselves are like - another reason not to lose your humility! I have a mouth on me so I wasn't the best P.A.
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Rose-Anna was tugging at the edge of her apron with a tired, futile gesture she had never made in the past – the grandmother’s gesture.
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To face death, that's nothing much. But to feel really stupid when you die, well, that would be insufferable.
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To paint involves a certain crisis, or at least a crucial moment of sensation or release.By crisis by no means limited to a morbid state, but could just as easily be an ecstatic impulse.
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Crime is increasingTrigger happy policingPanic is spreadingGod know where we're headingOh, make me wanna hollerThey don't understand.
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Armies are necessary, before all things, for the defense of governments from their own oppressed and enslaved subjects.
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The disastrous feature of our civilization is that it is far more developed materially than spiritually. Its balance is disturbed … Now come the facts to summon us to reflect. They tell us in terribly harsh language that a civilization which develops only on its material side, and not in the sphere of the spirit … heads for disaster.
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It's been so long since I made love, I can't even remember who gets tied up.
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I prefer design by experts - by people who know what they are doing.
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I started traveling, performing, doing photo shoots and working on new music. At the same time, I was juggling homework and trying not to miss out on too many experiences during my junior and senior years - like prom and graduation.
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Impressed force is the action exerted on a body to change its state either of resting or of moving uniformly straight forward.
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Life has no meaning but what we give it. I wish a few more of ye would give it a little.
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A stunning meditation on the power of escape, and on the cat-and-mouse contest the self plays to deflect its own guilt.
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At independence, Tanzania had 350,000 elephants... in 1987, there were only 55,000 elephants left.
