Louis Leakey Quotes
The majority of people in Angola were not provided with any kind of schooling and were completely illiterate, very badly paid, and treated almost as slaves.
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
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I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.
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In seventh and eighth grade, grammar and vocabulary were not my favorite subjects.
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Since I never get on a scale, I have no idea how much weight I've lost!
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I'm very proud to be a woman - you're part of a tribe. Automatically, you feel connected to another woman when you meet them. That's really special.
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What you want to do is you want to own as little sort of hard infrastructure as possible, and your real value is your name and how you build that up.
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It's strange but I suppose I'm one of those senior players now and I'll be helping the young players as much as I can.
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I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt.
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I'm associated with gospel music in the minds of millions of people.
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I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
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All previous populist movements were demanding things from governments, whereas the Tea Party is saying, 'Give us less, go away.' That's heartening to see.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.
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People want entertainment, a whole night of it, a whole experience.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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I'm a historian in my own mind.
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Death always seems to be around me.
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To the ego mind, surrender means giving up. To the spiritual mind, surrender means giving in and receiving.
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Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative.
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People everywhere in the world are hungry for economic opportunity. And it's about a lot more than being able to make money.
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When I took office, Liberia began to recover from years of neglect. Our people have brought clean water into the heart of Monrovia to children who have never known water from a tap. Efforts are underway to expand water projects as much as possible throughout the country.
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The majority of people in Angola were not provided with any kind of schooling and were completely illiterate, very badly paid, and treated almost as slaves.
