Edwidge Danticat Quotes
In Haiti you had the Duvaliers for 29 years and they were very well supported by the United States.
Edwidge Danticat
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I've been preparing to run a big company all my life.
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I think Haiti is a place that suffers so much from neglect that people only want to hear about it when it’s at its extreme. And that’s what they end up knowing about it.
Edwidge Danticat
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Nothing is more arrogant than the weakness which feels itself supported by power.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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I was brought up with a lot of love in my family, and I've always been supported. My family has always protected me in a sort of manic way.
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In any type of institution whatsoever, when a self-directed, imaginative, energetic, or creative member is being consistently frustrated and sabotaged rather than encouraged and supported, what will turn out to be true one hundred percent of the time, regardless of whether the disrupters are supervisors, subordinates, or peers, is that the person at the very top of that institution is a peace-monger.
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In Haiti you had the Duvaliers for 29 years and they were very well supported by the United States.
Edwidge Danticat
