Obiageli Ezekwesili Quotes
My mum was a quintessential businesswoman. She taught me problem – solving. She can solve any problem.
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Kids are always going to be around people who break world records and that. It's how you deal with that. I never let it get in the way of my race, but I am always more than happy after the race to sign autographs and have photos.
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Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.
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Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.
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I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.
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As a unique person, I was bullied badly as a teen.
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We're not a nation divided: we're a nation broken, and anything broken can be fixed.
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I think the greatest privilege you have as an artist is time to nurture what you want to make; that's super luxurious. For you to rush into something, that doesn't feel fun to me. I'm living life in order to be able to write about it.
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Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist.
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Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies.
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Why do elites hate the poor? It's xenophobia. They don't know any poor people - except their off-the-books Brazilian nanny and illegal immigrant cleaning lady from Upper Revolta who don't speak English.
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The British Museum was our first real museum, the property of the public rather than the monarch or the church.
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We care about margins.
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How natural that the errors of the ancient should be handed down and, mixing with the principles and system which Christ taught, give to us an adulterated Christianity.
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I never wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a book illustrator. I used to hurry home from school and draw.
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I do feel that the boys are getting left out. Girls will read boys' books, but boys won't read girls' books. If you're writing for a girl, you've got most of the audience on your side anyway.
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I've always been a rough kid.
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If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.
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Rock and Roll has no beginning and no end for it is the very pulse of life itself.
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I believe that in the long run, separation between Israel and the Palestinians is the best solution for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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I think we still do have a PR problem in the sense that these institutions portray themselves quite often as a museum without the contemporary wing. For a young cutting-edge person, why would you get into that sort of business, which is very clearly geared towards dead or almost dead people?
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People used to say, "Ignorance is no excuse." Today, ignorance is no problem. After all, you have "a right to your own opinion" - and self-esteem to boot.
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Motherhood runs its own way and is measured with another watch that, unfortunately, we can't control.
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History gives you insight of the same quality of truth as poetry or philosophy or a novel.
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My mum was a quintessential businesswoman. She taught me problem – solving. She can solve any problem.
