George Ayittey Quotes

When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.

George Ayittey

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• I love people with strong convictions, because we are living in a very PC world. You can't crack a joke without it being in the headlines.

  

  Imelda May
  • World
  • Strong
  • Living

• I'm a man that believes what I see, and everywhere I go... and everywhere I've been... I get nothing but love.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Love
  • Man
  • See

• Cross the wrong state border with your gun, or wake up one morning to new legislation or a new presidential executive order, and suddenly you're the bad guy, not the good guy. No wonder some gun owners seem so touchy; they feel, at some level, like criminals in waiting.

  

  Walter Kirn
  • Up
  • Good
  • Bad

• Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit.

  

  J. Paul Getty
  • Profit
  • Industries

• When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • Action
  • Thought
  • Painful

• I love being a part of Aqua Teen.

  

  Dana Snyder
  • Being
  • Part
  • Aqua

• Working with kids can be tricky because they can be pretty unpredictable.

  

  Laetitia Casta
  • Kids
  • Pretty
  • Working

• I think music sharing of any kind is great.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • Great
  • Music
  • Sharing

• Film has always been where my heart is.

  

  Tatiana Maslany
  • Heart
  • Film
  • Where

• I am not, and have no interest in being, a musician of any kind.

  

  Karrine Steffans
  • Kind
  • Musician

• It's funny, because readers think they want the characters to be blissfully happy, but it makes it kind of boring for the reader.

  

  L.A. Weatherly
  • Happy
  • Think
  • Funny

• People forget that although we can pinpoint the price, we can only guess at future earnings. The past isn't much help: It simply tells whether a market was pricey or cheap.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • People
  • Help
  • Future

• I've always had wanderlust to try and do different things, but I always return to the music of the Carter family.

  

  Carlene Carter
  • Music
  • Different
  • Family

• I don't know what more to say. I mean, we're all going to die in a world that is worse than when we entered it.

  

  Daniel Berrigan
  • World
  • Know
  • Die

• I have always done work to which my heart says yes.

  

  Yami Gautam
  • Work
  • Heart
  • Done

• Certainly, my father would not want to see me destroy myself in this business, as so many people in our family have been destroyed. I try to take good care of myself, but we are fighting the good fight, and the truth is powerful.

  

  Sam Sheppard
  • People
  • Good
  • Family

• I had a really hard time when I was 16, 17, 18. I started with the eating disorder in high school.

  

  Zoe Kravitz
  • Time
  • School
  • High

• Sweet to me was not the voice of man, But the wind's voice was understood by me. The burdocks and the nettles fed my soul, But I loved the silver willow best of all.

  

  Anna Akhmatova
  • Soul
  • Sweet
  • Wind

• If incredible creatures like sharks can exist, why not Bigfoot? When I look at sharks, they're the most terrifying, monstrous, dinosaur-like things. To this day, I'm so fascinated by them and can't get my head around how they are on Planet Earth at all.

  

  Rachael Taylor
  • Why
  • Earth
  • Day

• I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia.

  

  Shakira
  • Trying
  • American
  • Girl

• You can make a beautiful, airtight world that's fascinating to look at, but it's not interesting unless you have a character that's trying to achieve something under the circumstances of that world. It's harder to play a wacky girlfriend whose journey you just don't understand.

  

  Mackenzie Davis
  • World
  • Trying
  • Character

• On Election Day, Ralph Nader will appear on the presidential ballot in only 45 states. Yeah, Nader said, this is really disappointing, I wanted to embarrass myself in all 50 states. That was the plan.

  

  Conan O'Brien
  • Presidential
  • Election
  • Ballot

• I'm a very impatient person. I love dancing, I love music, and I love eating life.

  

  Natalia Tena
  • Life
  • Music
  • Person

• When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.

  

  George Ayittey
  • Presidential