Wangari Maathai Quotes
Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve.
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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My worst expectations never happened.
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All four majors are definitely a priority.
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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For every athlete, it is very important to be able to engage in their favorite thing, give all the best in training, performing in competitions, defending the honor of the motherland.
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I really enjoy the fun of putting something out and people liking it or hating it or talking about it, but vacuous attention, it feels disgusting. It's like a hangover.
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Anyone can be a Superman, but nobody can be Jackie Chan.
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For any actor - not just talking about myself - but if you've been fortunate enough to work for a long period of time, there's going to be different choices you're going to make.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff.
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I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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If it's nice out, I swim pretty much every day for about half an hour. I have a great pool; it's very private and not too many people use it.
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Fantasy was something I'd read as a child. And, in fact, my teachers despaired a little bit because I refused to give up Enid Blyton. Then I walked through the wardrobe with C. S. Lewis, and I don't think I actually have returned fully from the wardrobe. So, fantasy was something that was in my life from quite young.
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.
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Free societies are societies in motion, and with motion comes friction.
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Maybe our generation is more about sex, but it feels like romance is dying out.
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It's not an easy thing to be let go.
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When you go to Africa, and you see children, they're usually barefoot, dirty and in rags, and they'd love to go to school.
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It is the most wonderful feeling in the world, knowing you are loved and wanted.
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Writing is a very easy way for me to express myself. When I was still at school, I would write for no reason other than I wanted to write.
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When I was 12, I did my first sort of speaking role. But I wouldn't say I had a passion for it from the start. It developed as I started to become a bit more mature.
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Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve.
