Obiageli Ezekwesili Quotes
I have always battled injustice. As a child, I used to fight on the side of my friends when boys terrorized them.
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit.
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A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
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I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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My work involves online dating, but I believe almost every behavior exhibited online has an offline corollary. Really, the medium doesn't change human nature.
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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We recognized in 1996 that, with progress in the field of genetics accelerating at a breathtaking pace, we need to ensure that advances in treatment and prevention of disease do not constitute a new basis for discrimination.
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Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy.
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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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The willingness to be self-critical in England is much greater than the willingness to be self-critical in America.
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It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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I think I've got some more big plays left in me.
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Skating is tough to pick up when you are a grown up.
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If you're not in it you can't win it.
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That's the gift that a mother can give, to make everyone feel like they are the special one.
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I love the Coen brothers. They're so brilliant, and they always surprise you in one way or another. 'A Serious Man' was awesome. I like stuff like that, that kind of throws you for a loop. It takes you on a journey that is unexpected.
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I seem to have a soft spot in my heart for Australia and Australian actors. After having worked with one in 'Cinderella' and a multitude of them in 'Cats,' I've wanted the opportunity to actually perform 'down under.'
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Where is it, this present? It has melted in our grasp, fled ere we could touch it, gone in the instant of becoming.
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There is nothing magnanimous in bearing misfortunes with fortitude, when the whole world is looking on.... He who, without friends to encourage or even without hope to alleviate his misfortunes, can behave with tranquility and indifference, is truly great.
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My heroes are all dead. I've lots of heroes. My mum is a hero. She had to put up with me and my dad. She is one of my heroes. Some of my friends are heroes. There are so many. But heroes usually let you down, don't they? There is people I admire, people I respect.
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I have always battled injustice. As a child, I used to fight on the side of my friends when boys terrorized them.
