Ama Ata Aidoo Quotes
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The future doesn't matter if I don't enjoy what's going on right now.
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
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I doubt anyone else would have travelled as extensively as I have to meet the citizens of the country.
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By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.
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There's no greater feeling in the world than when you can put a smile on somebody's face just by walking into a room. It's unbelievable. And if I have that power, who am I to waste it, you know?
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More and more political analysts and weak-kneed politicians are advising the historically pro-life Republican Party to abandon its pro-life stance for political gain. My first response is that if you cannot trust a party on the value of defending human life, how can you trust it on issues like marginal tax rates?
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I think it's a tough transition. It's easy to go from comedian to rapper, but to go from rapper to comedian is tougher.
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Our eyes reflect light. Better that the lips are more like a rose petal.
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The life of an action star is very short. I want to be an actor like Robert De Niro, like Dustin Hoffman or Clint Eastwood who in their 70s or 80s can still act.
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Apart from its famous healing properties, manuka has a strong, woody flavour.
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I was very much in favor of the Iraq invasion.
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I played a lot of real normal, straight sessions.
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When you bring the darkness to the table, it doesn't rule you or hurt other people, but when we keep it secret, it's dangerous.
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I would love to have a drink with Meryl Streep or Prince. Those are my top two people I would love to talk to.
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I think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that.
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It was always something I knew I was capable of and from an early age my mother was involved in the film industry. She used to work at a production company. So I was exposed to a renaissance period of films in New Zealand back in the early 80's.
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When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere.
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The perfect story is one you can retell in three minutes, and every single sentence is interesting.
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A person's fears are lighter when the danger is at hand.
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Show me a guy who can't pitch inside and I'll show you a loser.
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Nothing is more disgraceful than that an old man should have nothing to show to prove that he has lived long, except his years.
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I guess because I'm a washed-up journalist, I always do a lot of research.
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They had always told me that I wrote like a man.
