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The fact that I have always been deeply invested in politics, and African politics in particular, inevitably played a role in my first novel and, of course, in my decision to write about a handful of particular conflicts in Africa as a journalist. Dinaw Mengestu
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The fact is, African Americans have not benefited equally from the improvements that are making a difference. Durado Brooks
african performers perhaps roles south
I think I would like to see more roles for South Asian performers that are more inclusive and part of the American Diaspora, the American tapestry, perhaps the way that African American and Hispanic roles have developed. Aasif Mandvi
african based
My identity is not based on performance; it's based on something that's pre-determined by someone else, and I don't even understand what that is because I'm an African who came to America. Toyin Odutola
african beacon devoted express issues kids life sure
Now I've devoted my life to making sure that I can be a trailblazer for any other African American kids or any other gay kids or any other kids that just feel weird or uncomfortable and have their own issues and don't know how to express themselves. I want to be like a beacon for those kids now. Todrick Hall
african career dig instrument minutes miracle time
Don't say you want to be an actor and not know how to read a script. Don't give up 15 minutes before the miracle comes. Everyone's career ebbs and flows, especially if you're African American. That's the time to dig in and keep your instrument sharp. Erik King
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The emergence of a hardware product from an African company marks a phase-change point for tech invention. The BRCK shows that great ideas can come from anywhere, that innovation comes from solving real problems with constrained resources.
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While he was in the service, in the South and in Oklahoma, he was refused service at a couple of places where he was in uniform, and was told that African Americans, blacks, Negros, were not served. And in spite of that, I've never known a man who loved this country more than my father did. Eric Holder
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The very first role I ever played was as a 17-year old South African girl who dreamed of being a star and left home to meet her mother in the big city so that she could pursue that dream. I left South Africa and met my mother in Vancouver and not long after that was given the opportunity to perform on the stage and have people chant my name. Kandyse McClure
elephants track missing
It is in some ways more troublesome to track and swat an evasive wasp than to shoot, at close range, a wild elephant. But the elephant is more troublesome if you miss. C. S. Lewis
elephants wicked-world
Words are cheap. The biggest thing you can say is 'elephant'. Charlie Chaplin
elephants lakes lust
If the bees which seek the liquid oozing from the head of a lust-intoxicated elephant are driven away by the flapping of his ears, then the elephant has lost only the ornament of his head. The bees are quite happy in the lotus filled lake. Chanakya
elephants bulls ass
I couldn't hit an elephant's ass with a bull fiddle. Babe Didrikson Zaharias
elephants had-enough different
I've always had enough, even if my enough and your enough are as different as an elephant and a minaret. Catherynne M. Valente
elephants never-forget forget
You know...they say an elephant never forgets. What they don't tell you is, you never forget an elephant. Bill Murray
elephants people magazines
Time magazine put Chris Christie on the cover with the caption, 'The Elephant in the Room.' And People magazine named him 'Sexiest Garbage Truck in a Suit.' Bill Maher
elephants suffering quality
Elephants suffer from too much patience. Their exhibitions of it may seem superb,-such power and such restraint, combined, are noble,-but a quality carried to excess defeats itself. Clarence Day
elephants faces complaining
I have a face like the behind of an elephant. Charles Laughton
giraffes jungle predators tranquil
Giraffes are completely tranquil - they have no predators as adults because there's not an animal in the jungle stupid enough to go for them. Joanna Lumley
giraffes great tremendous
It's going to be a tremendous new addition. With the giraffes and the new lions, this should be a great year.
gives inventory room smaller
We have a smaller showroom than a lot of other dealerships. That gives us room for more inventory (on the lot). Mike Donahue
gives hurting message player sends
When you see a player go down like that and is really hurting and can't come back, I think that sends a message to our team. It gives you fire. David Booth
gives good momentum quit seen starter taking
We've seen it before and we didn't want to quit on an inning. It gives us momentum but the momentum is only as good as your starter taking the mound.
gives meet opportunity people process
The process also gives us an opportunity to get demographics and meet the people that we are serving.
gives prolific score
When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lot of depth, and it gives you confidence. Abby Wambach
gives life production study trust typical
The production gives you a real life simulation. You've got to trust each other and get it done. It's not a typical 'work hard, study and get a grade' class.
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Drinking lemon water as soon as you wake up spikes your energy levels physically and mentally. Lemon water gives you steady, natural energy that lasts the length of the day by improving nutrient absorption in your stomach.
gives modeling views work
I work hard, but my modeling career gives my views undeserved attention. Cameron Russell
gives imports love thrive york
I thrive with fashion and shopping and imports and things like that. It gives me a rush. I love Barneys New York and Neiman Marcus and all the top-of-the-line houses. Lark Voorhies
landscape firsts energy
Elvis Presleys' first album had more energy and more enthusiam than any other album at the time - when it was released it just blew everything else out. It changed the whole landscape of music Brian Setzer
landscape next needs
There is a lot of bad architecture. What we need more is to look at how our landscape should look in the next decades. Dieter Rams
landscape force visuals
For me nature is not landscape, but the dynamism of visual forces. Bridget Riley
landscape paint worn
Of course you can still paint landscape - it's not been worn out. David Hockney
landscape thrill enjoyment
Enjoyment of the landscape is a thrill.
landscape lost plays theatrical
If we don't do it, it will be lost to history. Plays like this were a big part of the theatrical landscape for a long time.
landscape saying translate
You just want to translate what you see. I keep saying I am no different from a 19th-century landscape artist. Maya Lin
landscape realized setting
We realized what the landscape was and how this thing was setting up. Pete Carroll
landscape planet
We have some of the most extraordinary landscape on the planet and we want to get two of the most extraordinary actors in the world and put them ... in that landscape. Baz Luhrmann
next ready weeks work
We have to get better the next two weeks and come out ready to work and execute.
next firsts miles
First you learn to drive fast. Next, you learn to drive fast in traffic. Then, you learn how to do it for 500 miles. Alan Kulwicki
next prime
3 is a prime, 5 is a prime, 7 is a prime, 9 is the next prime after 8.
next people process second telling
The process has been enjoyable, but at the same time, there is so much uncertainty. One day people are telling you you'll go in the second round. Next day people will say second day. Michael Robinson
next moments next-time
The next time someone is critical of you, just take a moment to consider their life. Then smile to yourself. Ricky Gervais
next woman-suffrage suffrage
I expect to do more work for woman suffrage in the next decade than ever before. Susan B. Anthony
next creator hard
It's always hard to predict what's coming up next. My main guess is that content creators will increasingly start using BitTorrent to distribute their own work directly. Bram Cohen
next hazards moments
The very condition of Woman is so subject to Hazard, so complex, and so grievous, that to place her at one moment is but to displace her at the next. Djuna Barnes
next want havens
Pretty much any place that I haven't been is the next place I definitely I want to go. Dhani Jones
nice smart stupid
Being nice doesn’t make you stupid. It makes you feel good because you know you are gracious enough to forgive and smart enough to realize how distasteful some people can be.
nice thinking worst-moments
Do I think well of myself, think myself a nice chap? WEll, I am afraid I sometimes do (and those are, no doubt, my worst moments)...
nice boys different
It would be nice and fairly nearly true, to say that 'from that time forth, Eustace was a different boy.' To be strictly accurate, he began to be a different boy. He had relapses. There were still many days when he could be very tiresome. But most of those I shall not notice. The cure had begun.
nicer
We have sailboats, birds, pixies. They're decorative. They're a nicer look for your bottles. George Shelley
nice whenever
Whenever you have something like that on your body, you just feel a little irregular. It'll be nice to feel regular.
nice studios together
When everyone is working in their studios you don't really see what they are working on. So it's nice to see everything come together like this.
nice people realized tend
When you're young, you tend to do things like that because you want people to think you're a nice guy. At some point, I realized that I'm doing this not because I want people to think I'm a nice guy. I'm doing this because I think it's the right thing to do. Curt Schilling
nice offices
We want no stacks of paper, no boxes. We want all of our offices to have a nice crisp look.
nice sleep thinking
It's nice to think that we have in ourselves the energy. It's somewhere, but it's sleeping sometimes. I try to wake it up when I need it. Agnes Varda
people eating-disorder body
Eating disorders, body dysmorphia and a general dissatisfaction with one's life and body seems to ail too many young people. Carre Otis
people ends process
Most people end up owning a business by accident. Therefore, they don't usually have a thought process and a strategic plan in place. Carol Roth
people technique should
I don't feel that I have any great grasp of technique that I should pass along to people. Carol Kane
people stuff-happens critical
That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.
people source materials
They're all sources of material. What I love about what I do, the more you talk about your life, there are so many people who have similar experiences. Carol Leifer
people concerned
I'm concerned about the unknowability of other people. Carol Shields
people want bills
All I really want to be is boring. When people talk about me, I'd like them to say, Carol's basically a short Bill Bradley. Or, Carol's kind of like Al Gore in a skirt. Carol Moseley Braun
people parent trying
My parents were always philosophizing about how to bring about change. To me, people who didn't try to make the world a better place were strange.
people ordinary would-be
I don't want to be hiding from people. It would be difficult to be recognized everywhere, so that I couldn't do things ordinary people do. Carlos Beltran