Aliko Dangote Quotes
Africa's risks are mainly perceived and not real. Unfortunately for us in Africa we are not really very good at telling our own story. But things are changing and people are beginning to understand that things are going very, very well.
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I've got a couple of bands that I'm working on. The one I'm really excited about, we're called London The Child. It's folky music and it's really cool.
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I greatly enjoy reading the biographies of scientists, and when doing so I always hope to learn the secrets of their success. Alas, those secrets generally remain elusive.
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A lot of guys try to mingle with me because of who I am. If I encounter a guy with a clean heart, I will go by my instincts. I guess my man won't be from the film industry.
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Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.
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Not every woman has time to go to a salon and have her hair blow-dried every day.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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I would love to do some theater.
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I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
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I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.
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Being on Broadway and getting a Tony nomination - this has been an incredible ride, from rather humble beginnings.
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
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I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.
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When the Bible was first published, bathhouses were mandatory, no one could read, and only the people in the Church could write.
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Was Sen. Barack Obama a Muslim? Did he ever practice Islam? The presidential candidate officially rejects the claims, but the issue of Obama's personal faith has re-emerged amid conflicting accounts of his enrollment as a Muslim during elementary school in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation.
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I don't usually wear a lot of makeup because I tend to like a natural look.
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What I try to keep an eye on is I don't work for the party bosses in Washington. I work for 26 million Texans.
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Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that include women are more successful. Parliaments with more women take up a wider range of issues - including health, education, anti-discrimination, and child support.
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'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
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I have looked upon all that the universe has to hold of horror, and even the skies of spring and the flowers of summer must ever afterward be poison to me. But I do not think my life will be long. As my uncle went, as poor Johansen went, so I shall go. I know too much, and the cult still lives.
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I believe a constitution can permit the co-existence of several cultures and ethnic groups with a single state.
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When a director makes a mistake, people suffer. People suffer horribly sometimes.
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You believe in God or statistics or the way your narrative differs from other people.
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If I could turn people into turtles, there would be turtles everywhere.
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Africa's risks are mainly perceived and not real. Unfortunately for us in Africa we are not really very good at telling our own story. But things are changing and people are beginning to understand that things are going very, very well.
