George Ayittey Quotes
When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.
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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.
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I'm a man that believes what I see, and everywhere I go... and everywhere I've been... I get nothing but love.
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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.
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Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit.
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When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.
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I love being a part of Aqua Teen.
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Working with kids can be tricky because they can be pretty unpredictable.
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I think music sharing of any kind is great.
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Film has always been where my heart is.
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I am not, and have no interest in being, a musician of any kind.
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It's funny, because readers think they want the characters to be blissfully happy, but it makes it kind of boring for the reader.
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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.
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I've always had wanderlust to try and do different things, but I always return to the music of the Carter family.
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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.
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I have always done work to which my heart says yes.
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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.
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I had a really hard time when I was 16, 17, 18. I started with the eating disorder in high school.
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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.
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From the moment you are born, you could die. I think as an artist it is important to meditate on that.
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For Poland, the United States is the most important ally.
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The paternalist is a sentimentalist at heart, and the sentimentalist is always potentially cruel.
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The five patients in 'Rethinking Cancer' share with us the path of their recovery: the courage to take their own lives in their hands with a natural approach to healing their bodies.
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Nature in her green, tranquil woods heals and soothes all afflictions.
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When Uganda got debt relief in 1999, the first item President Museveni bought was a presidential jacket for himself.
