George Ayittey Quotes
The election of Senator Barack Obama brought jubilation across Africa, where millions celebrated him as 'one of their own.'
George Ayittey
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The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient.
Mahalia Jackson
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I was nervous from the very beginning, and it got worse as the years went on. I was conscientious and wanted to do more, always, than I was able. I don't think, when I was playing, that I was ever happy - beginning at 4 o'clock any afternoon.
Katharine Cornell
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I think the whole of people's psychology and where they are in life interests me, and the decisions you make that take you on particular journeys to different places.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
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The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error.
Hannah Arendt
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There's no real side to be on because I think it was a mess.
Daniel Craig
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It's a confidence booster for me to be known as a female who can take on any action, which is nice, to have that reputation, because then people know that when they hire me, I can actually do the physical stuff.
Rachel Nichols
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The European Union is here to stay.
Federica Mogherini
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I want his children to know: wasn't anything strange about your daddy. It was strange what your daddy had to deal with.
Al Sharpton
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In 2012, the city of Austin erected an eight-foot-tall bronze statue of Willie Nelson in the heart of the business district. Schoolchildren, churchgoers, tourists, slackers, conventioneers, tech geeks - everybody, it seems - now congregate around this ponytailed shrine to outlaw country.
Douglas Brinkley
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In 2012, Vladimir Putin returned to the presidency after a four-year, constitutionally imposed hiatus. It wasn't the smoothest of transitions. To his surprise, in the run-up to his inauguration, protesters filled the streets of Moscow and other major cities to denounce his comeback.
Franklin Foer
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The best way to avoid danger is to meet it plump.
Boyle Roche
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I spent ages learning to take photos, which was a lot of fun, and I think it really helped readers get excited about the recipes.
Ella Woodward