Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Quotes
From 1967 to '70, Nigeria fought a war - the Nigeria-Biafra war. And in the middle of that war, I was 14 years old. We spent much of our time with my mother cooking. For the army - my father joined the army as a brigadier - the Biafran army. We were on the Biafran side.
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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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Often I play, especially on television, a lot of smart lawyer people and cerebral types.
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I think the interesting thing about the word 'posh' is that it is so relative; it's quite a provocative title because people have strong feelings about that word.
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A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
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Truth never damages a cause that is just.
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We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.
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I believe that God and reality are too big for my poor words.
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If you get satisfaction out of playing music and entertaining people and it makes you feel right, then go for it.
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St. Patrick... one of the few saints whose feast day presents the opportunity to get determinedly whacked and make a fool of oneself all under the guise of acting Irish.
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In Morocco, it's possible to see the Atlantic and the Mediterranean at the same time.
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From 1967 to '70, Nigeria fought a war - the Nigeria-Biafra war. And in the middle of that war, I was 14 years old. We spent much of our time with my mother cooking. For the army - my father joined the army as a brigadier - the Biafran army. We were on the Biafran side.
