Cheikh Anta Diop Quotes
European languages must not be considered diamonds displayed under a glass ball, dazzling us with their brilliance
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I am an optimist about the UK. We have been involved in trade with our European partners, which we will always be doing whatever this relationship is. We are a member of the EU. That gives us benefits. But we have to figure out where that is going. In the world, we are a global trader already.
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Diamonds are nothing more than chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs.
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I would love to learn other languages, maybe French? My uncle speaks German so maybe also German? Chinese seems to be too difficult.
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Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
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I don't want to be alone at 80 years old, dripping in diamonds - having never helped anyone. That's not my path. That's not what I care about. That's not what excites me.
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Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.
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I am constantly swimming on the margin, neither 100% American, French, nor Lebanese. I am none of those. I am the result of those three. Sometimes it's an asset: no one can put you in a category. That I do not make typical Lebanese, European or American films does not bother me.
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I never think in terms of gold, currency, diamonds. I'm not clever enough for that.
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I love to put on diamonds and beautiful evening gowns and make my girl-friends upset.
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I'm Russian: I'm into men, diamonds, and caviar.
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I never hated a man enough to give him diamonds back.
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I speak a number of languages, but none are more beautiful to me than English.
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A land may be said to be discovered the first time a European, presumably an Englishman, sets foot on it.
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Look at the chaos of European history. Europeans cannot believe in certainty. But Americans believe in certainty. Americans think this can go on like this forever. Just as it is. No change.
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We think only through the medium of words. Languages are true analytical methods. Algebra, which is adapted to its purpose in every species of expression, in the most simple, most exact, and best manner possible, is at the same time a language and an analytical method. The art of reasoning is nothing more than a language well arranged.
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Man is used to the fact that there are languages which he does not at first understand and which must be learned, but because art is primarily visual he expects that he should get the message immediately and is apt to be affronted if he doesn't.
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Voltaire expected that within fifty years of his lifetime there would not be one Bible in the world. His house is now a distribution center for Bibles in many languages.
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Every education system on Earth has the same hierarchy of subjects: at the top are mathematics and languages, then the humanities, and the bottom are the arts.
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The people of the world, all of them, whether it is the different race or the different language or the different lifestyle, tend to only think about what we cannot share. But our brains are all the same. We are the same people. With everyone’s strength, we can all share the same feelings. That much is obvious. But it won’t come easily.
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Fantasy is like an idealized reality, and the core of fantasy is the one person can make a difference.
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I'm concerned about - the oppression of the poor.
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Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.
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European languages must not be considered diamonds displayed under a glass ball, dazzling us with their brilliance
