Ryszard Kapuscinski Quotes

I remember in 1978 meeting two Ugandan captains in the hotel talking Russian. They had been educated in Moscow and since they came from different Ugandan peoples, it was the only way they could understand one another.

Ryszard Kapuscinski

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The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts.

Earl Nightingale
- Mind
- Thoughts
- Direction
I think what human beings need is to be able to laugh at the absurd, hold on to ambiguity, and learn to love nuance, instead of making everything one or the other, and structurally, so much of the Internet and online publishing doesn't have room for any of that.

Tavi Gevinson
- Human
- Laugh
- Absurd
I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.

Gabriel Iglesias
- Girl
- Sexy
- Train
If every woman who's had an abortion took tomorrow off in protest, America would grind to a halt. And that would be symbolic: because women grind to a halt if they are not in control of their fertility.

Caitlin Moran
- Women
- America
- Control
I consider Apple to be very closed. Let's say you have a book business, and you are charging 5 to 7 percent gross margins; you can't exist in an Apple world because they want 30 percent, and they don't care that you only have 7 percent to play with.

Gabe Newell
- World
- Business
- Book
I am not going to stop speaking out on behalf of policies that I think are right - regardless of ideology, party or political expediency.

Harold Ford, Jr.