Africa Quotes
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There is still a severe and scary amount of extreme poverty in rural parts of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Burma and sub-Saharan Africa.
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I must say the idea of a United Africa was nonsense.
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We emigrated to South Africa and later to Canada so I went to school in several places.
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This is my favourite thing about being raised in Africa: we don't do labels very well; we don't do this, 'Oh, you're a Democrat; oh, you're a Republican.' Because we live in the real world.
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Under the all-encompassing aid system, too many places in Africa continue to flounder under inept, corrupt and despotic regimes who spend their time courting and catering to the demands of the army of aid organizations.
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Drug manufacturers could afford to sell AIDS drugs in Africa at virtually any discount. The companies said they did not do so because Africa lacked the requisite infrastructure.
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When the slaves left Africa, they left us this music. They left us blues.
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Man developed in Africa. He has not continued to do so there.
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Believe me, when I saw 'Family Guy' do the bit on 'Africa,' I howled laughing.
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Africa will thrive.
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I roll with bodyguards when I go back home to South Africa.
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All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being born a Zulu, or for having that culture.
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Everyone is related to Africa; everyone comes from Africa. We are all distant relatives.
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I've always had a natural affiliation with nature. If I wasn't an actor, I'd be some sort of biologist working in the field in Africa or something.
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Radical Islamists spread from Western Africa through the Middle East, all the way to South Asia to sub-Indian continent.
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I had been in Africa for six weeks on a safari with my family. I said, "You know, I made a lot of money. I am getting kind of burned out. I really want to do something special." So I went on this extended trip to Egypt, Kenya, Sardinia - I really did it, man. I was coming home, and while I was gone, they changed the speed limit from 65 to 55.
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The biggest problem in South Africa is that we have a disrupted timeline. Historically, politically, spiritually, economically, in people's minds, in people's heads.
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We say that the ICC is targeting Africans, but all of the victims in our cases in Africa are African victims.
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The summer I finished my first novel 'Ghana Must Go,' I drove across west Africa: from Accra to Lome to Cotonou to the deliciously named Ouagadougou.
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When I was in South Africa, I was meeting with people who never heard of Lego bricks. And yet, when I was like, 'Here they are,' they immediately got it. They saw the appeal, were snapping bricks and creating their little creations right there immediately.
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When people talk about South Africa, it's all about lions and elephants. But when we talk about India, we talk about tigers.
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In sub-Saharan Africa, fewer than 1 in 5 girls make it to secondary school.
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As a kid, I always felt connected to Africa; it was something I was very proud of.
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Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own.
