George Ayittey Quotes
There was free trade in Africa. There was free enterprise in Africa before the colonialists came.George Ayittey
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I lost 'The X Factor,' and I lost 'Deal or No Deal' twice. I'm good at losing game shows.
Olly Murs -
Christianity, democracy, science, education, wealth, and the cumulative inheritance of a thousand years, have not preserved us from the vain repetition of history.
Ralph Adams Cram -
There's no first impressions anymore. You go to a job interview, and they'll probably Google you. It's a shame - people should play it a little closer to the chest as far as what information they release to the world. If I'm angry about something, I'm not going to take to my Twitter.
Patrick Stump Fall Out Boy -
I never thought of a career of as a model, and it was a total surprise for me when I won the contest and became Miss Chelyabinsk. Then I started modelling in Paris.
Irina Shayk -
It's easy to get published once you have written a really good book and the hard part, 99 percent of what you need to worry about, is really finishing it.
Laini Taylor -
I influence people, hopefully on the positive side.
Isaac Hayes
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I was very rebellious.
Katey Sagal -
I'm a big fan of the 'Rocky' series. Given the chance, I'd love to meet Sylvester Stallone. But apart from boxing, I'm an ardent fan of tennis and football.
Vijender Singh -
What is a farm but a mute gospel?
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
People want opportunity so they can earn security.
Jack Kemp -
We have an obligation to spread amateur baseball both at home and abroad. Building up the game at all levels - Little League, Babe Ruth Leagues, the colleges - is in our own self-interest. That's where the pool of talent is - and also of fans.
A. Bartlett Giamatti -
Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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I don't know how I got involved in 'Celebrity Wife Swap.' It came from my agent Hugh. He got the opportunity for me.
Gary Busey -
The health benefits of paid sick days policies are obvious. They prevent the spread of disease. But the impact is wider. If a working mom or dad loses a job because of sickness, the family may slip into poverty.
Madeleine M. Kunin -
We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.
Barbara Jordan -
People want to see something that isn't necessarily somebody walking around in a superhero costume.
Octavia Spencer -
Intelligent, successful, attractive people can be intimidating. They force us to hold a mirror to ourselves; we can be disappointed, jealous or inspired toward personal growth.
Ian K. Smith -
You do silly things for love sometimes and not-so-smart things for love.
Queen Latifah
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There are a lot of smart honest, progressive people who I think can be good presidents.
Bernie Sanders -
There is no theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is the law. I love music passionately. And because l love it, I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it. It is a free art gushing forth - an open-air art, boundless as the elements, the wind, the sky, the sea. It must never be shut in and become an academic art.
Claude Debussy -
A free society can be created only by free men….a good society can be created only by good men.
M. N. Roy -
Information is not just something you download from the Web. The way trees grow and where birds choose to live are much better signs of water quality than all the data being collected by the EPA.
Natalie Jeremijenko -
I say this all the time: Everyone can make a conscious choice to be a leader.
Kenneth Chenault -
There was free trade in Africa. There was free enterprise in Africa before the colonialists came.
George Ayittey