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african conflicts deeply fact handful inevitably invested novel particular played politics role
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
african equally fact
The fact is, African Americans have not benefited equally from the improvements that are making a difference. Durado Brooks
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The real European-African partnership should be based on promoting development and liberating the African continent from its debts, which have been preventing economic progress and depriving Africa of its equitable share in the global economy, Amr Moussa
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There is no doubt that both regional states and Africa in whole will gain toward peace and stability in Burundi, Paul Kagame
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An Obama administration truly looking to break with the molds of the past would stop treating Africa as an obligation and start treating it as globalization's next great opportunity, understanding that Chinese - along with Indians and Arab sovereign wealth funds - are natural partners in this process.
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
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We are going to isolate countries where these safety issues are a concern. The stigma that Africa carries leads people to fly non-African airlines and thereby deprive our airlines of opportunities to grow and expand.
breaks create fight greedy point ready saturday
We have to get ready to play on Saturday and fight for a win. We have to create our own breaks and get to the point where we're greedy with a lead.
breaks
We have no excuses. We got all the breaks to get to this point. We had our chance. Derek Jeter
breaks burning save says thousand three time whenever
Whenever someone says zygotes are babies, I reply: 'Imagine a thousand zygotes in test tubes in one room, and three toddlers in another. A fire breaks out, and you only have time to get to one room. Which would you save from burning - the zygotes or the children?' Kurt Eichenwald
breaks hank honor man media owned passes plenty record trying
We're just trying to be consistent. The record is owned by Hank Aaron. There will be plenty of acknowledgments by the media when he passes Ruth, but when a man breaks a record, we'll honor that. Bud Selig
breaks certainly convert five game line
Very disappointing, we certainly had the opportunities to put the game away in the first half. We made a lot of line breaks and didn't convert them into five pointers.
breaks great needed played team tried virginia
Ultimately, we didn't end up getting some breaks we needed to get an upset. Virginia has a great team and we tried to take it to them. ? We played hard. They played hard.
breaks giant growing might nurture point seeds stop stops sure work
If you want to grow a giant redwood, you need to make sure the seeds are ok, nurture the sapling, and work out what might potentially stop it from growing all the way along. Anything that breaks it at any point stops that growth. Elon Musk
breaks budgets demand tax
We're in a very different world now. We demand accountability for spending. ... We should look and demand accountability for every one of these tax breaks of which there are many in this budget.
breaks destroyed integral proper rearing within
The proper care and rearing of a child is integral to their development. It breaks my heart to know that some children's futures are being destroyed within their own homes. Lawrence Jackson
coming finish hopefully three top tough
We have (second-place) Southwest this coming Wednesday, then Sweetwater and Eastlake. All three will be tough, tough games, so hopefully we can finish on top and go for the No. 2 seed.
coming edge feeling fire hurt motivate pain prepare refreshed team tournament week
We have to get better. There are a lot of things we can do to get better. This feeling that this team is feeling tonight. This hurt and this pain has to motivate us this coming week to get better and to prepare and get refreshed for the ACC tournament. We really have to come out in the ACC tournament and really have an edge and a fire in each and every one of us.
coming daily grind panic players pressure situations time
We have to get better at that daily grind that all ballplayers have to go through. Right now, we have too many inexperienced players being put into pressure situations and not coming through. But it's just two games, so it's not time to panic yet.
coming gets guys pick run running slack stretch trying until
We have a stretch run that we're coming up on and we need all of our guns, really, for that. And Cedric is a big part of what we're trying to do running the football. Other guys will have to pick up the slack until he gets back. Lovie Smith
coming district freshman impressed meet scores seem solid team turned
We have a solid team coming back. I was really impressed with our freshmen. They turned in some big scores at the OCC and at the district meet. Being a freshman at the district meet didn't seem to phase.
coming louis musicians orleans
We have musicians coming from Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans to play in the band. David Starkey
coming competition definitely good lots nice people problem
We have so many people coming back, and with the new additions, we're in a good position. We have lots of people vying for time, and there's definitely competition for places, which is nice. It's a nice problem to have.
coming energy exert hard picked second whenever
Whenever you exert that much energy coming back, it's so hard getting over the hump. Defensively, we picked it up a little more in the second half.
coming everybody left locker next player talk walked year
When everybody left the locker room, there was a lot of talk that we're going to come back next year already. Every player that walked out said we're coming back here next year.
cricket cup event forward good grass hope looking roots
We are looking forward to the World Cup also. We hope the big event would do a lot of good for the cricket at grass roots level. Brian Lara
cricket good rankings sure won
We haven't been to the sub-continent and won yet. If we play good cricket over there, I'm sure the rankings will change. Michael Vaughan
cricket duration few last leave together
We won't have a long duration camp. We had lot of cricket over the last few months. So, we will probably get together only the day before we leave for Pakistan. Greg Chappell
cricket encourages enjoy fear simply
Simply because he encourages you to enjoy cricket without fear of failure. Andrew Flintoff
cricket greatest investment kerry private revolution sector since single
potentially the single greatest private sector investment in cricket since the Kerry Packer revolution 28 years ago. Clive Lloyd
cricket people poorer proud sad walks
But as he walks away he can be proud that many people all around the world are sad to see him go - cricket will be poorer without him.
cricket cross hard interested
No one understands cross country; no one is interested in the U.S.. Sponsorship and recognition are hard to get. It's like cricket in Norway.
cricket help
Now that's too much cricket but I can't help it.
cricket happens home seen stuff third umpire
I don't think it should be too bad. I've seen back home in cricket, you have the third umpire for run-outs, stuff like that. It all happens pretty quickly. Lleyton Hewitt
feelings words-of-wisdom awareness
We're a feeling, an awareness encased here Carlos Castaneda
feeling start
We have to get that feeling that we have when we're down 20 and take that into the start of the game. We can't be nonchalant. Mike James
feeling locker special
We have a special feeling in the locker room.
feelings lines celebration
No one who has experienced facing a screaming, boiling, hysterical audience can avoid feeling shivers in the spine. It's a thin line between celebration and menace. Agnetha Faltskog
feelings pasta cooks
You can buy a good pasta but when you cook it yourself it has another feeling. Agnes Varda
feelings gut-feelings stomach
I've got a gut feeling in my stomach. . . Alan Sugar
feelings enthusiasm fine
True enthusiasm is a fine feeling whose flash I admire where-ever I see it. Charlotte Bronte
feelings film
Nothing quite like it. The feeling of film. Charlie Chaplin
feelings littles strange
Spite is a little word, but it represents as strange a jumble of feelings and compound of discords, as any polysyllable in the language. Charles Dickens
full providing
We have narrowed it down to those who are providing full financing.
full involved knew signed talk
When he first signed up, he wanted to go for the full 20 years, but we had to talk him into four. He knew the military, he knew what was involved with it the separation, the risks.
full-potential realizing difficulty
Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential. Charles de Gaulle
full procedure recovery
The procedure went really well and a full recovery is expected.
full jennifer leading primary team weapon
We use Jennifer as our primary weapon in the full court. She's leading our team in 3-point percentage, and we need her around the paint.
fully great knowing powerful shoot
Going into a shoot not fully knowing what I want to do - that excitement, that thing that happens, is just so powerful and makes such great pictures. Terry Richardson
full good music
A really good poem is full of music. Eric Whitacre
full maintain normalcy private school tried
I did a lot of my school on set. Some years I went to a private school for a couple of hours, and then I'd always finish up with a tutor. I couldn't do full days, but I tried to maintain my friendships and some normalcy while doing a show.
full tanks
We did get the tanks full (Sunday) night, for the first time.
half needed second stop until wait
We wanted to wait until the second half to do what we needed to do to stop him.
half month
We've still got little more than half a month to go, probably three-quarters of a month actually. We've got to keep winning. This thing ain't over yet. Josh Beckett
half linux firsts
I was Computer Shopper's linux columnist for more than half a decade, from the late 90s onwards. Yes, I know about Linux. (My first review of a Linux distro in the press was published in late 1996.) Charles Stross
half kids mean slower swim
When you get to state, half of the kids will swim slower than they did at districts, half are going to go faster. It doesn't mean a whole lot what you see on paper.
half hour meet turn
We used to turn up on the day of the match, meet for half an hour and then go and play,
half manic time
London's so busy, London's manic half the time. Tom Hopper
half safe matter
There are many different kinds of radioactive waste and each has its own half-life so, just to be on the safe side and to simplify matters, I base my calculations on the worst one and that's plutonium. David R. Brower
half people prices saying time turn
People are always saying that prices are too high. When they turn out to be right, we anoint them. When they turn out to be wrong, we ignore them. They are typically right and wrong about half the time. Eugene Fama
half dozen needs
A Mr. (save, perhaps, some half dozen in the nation,) always needs a note of explanation. Jane Austen
later school
When he got to the school, they would not let him in and he was later told Christopher had been shot.
late outcome strong work
There are a lot of different ideas, ... We have a lot of work to do. ... But I think this is going to be an open, transparent process, and we'll work as late as we need to and see if we can come up with a strong outcome document. John Bolton
latest
When I'm in London, I get a veggie-box sent up every week, with the latest pickings. Sheherazade Goldsmith
late quarter tone
We set the tone late in the first quarter and then more so in the second.
later life perhaps shelves side
There are books on our shelves we haven't read and doubtless never will, that each of us has probably put to one side in the belief that we will read them later on, perhaps even in another life. Umberto Eco
later-in-life life-is-hard trying
Trying to manage diabetes is hard because if you don't, there are consequences you'll have to deal with later in life. Bryan Adams
latest negative problem revealed science
There are times when we are just not very kind to ourselves. The problem with our negative thoughts is that the latest science has revealed that thoughts are very powerful, even impacting us physically.
later learned men nobody save shot
Later we learned that it was one of our own men hanging on the wire. Nobody could do anything for him; two men had already tried to save him, only to be shot themselves. Ernst Toller
late middle rounds spend standpoint time
We are going to spend as much time on the middle and late rounds as we do on the first-round guys. From our standpoint there is really not a lot of difference.
major plans
We have no plans for any major shakeup at this point,
major whether
We were at a crossroads, whether we were going to have to doze it in or do some major repairs.
major
Bio-Technology is expected to play a major role in improving productivity.
major national obstruct
While 2013 will not see a major national election, we can be sure that most Republicans will obstruct and some Democrats will appease. Eliot Spitzer
majority obliged order particular searching shop vast writer
I don't have any particular rituals, I sometimes like to write in longhand when I'm searching for ideas but I do the vast majority by typing, I can't always keep up with my thoughts longhand. I'm not a coffee shop writer because I feel obliged to order more coffee and then I end up over-caffeinated. Erin Morgenstern
majority please
You can't please everybody all the time, but you can please a majority. Chick Hearn
major musical players
When the Domaine Musical started up, I wasn't part of it. They were the major players in contemporary music at that time, braodcasting old and new composers' work. And I wasn't one of them. Luc Ferrari
major shooting
We're still shooting for December, barring anything major or unforeseen.
majority purpose shoulders
With drooping shoulders The majority sit hunched, their foreheads furrowed like Stony ground that has been repeatedly ploughed-up to no purpose. Bertolt Brecht
played since team time
We were a whole different team since the first time we played them.
played players quality team
We have quality players and we played the team around them. O. J. Simpson
played seen
We've seen them play, played them twice, and we know what they're all about.
played pound sure tiger truth watching yards
I've never played golf with Tiger Woods. To tell the truth, I'm not sure that watching him pound it 100 yards past me all day is something I'd like to do. Tim Finchem
played
I've played a lot of cops. In fact, my father was a cop. Erik King
played reflect scientists
I thought I would reflect here on a theme most scientists enjoy recalling: the part luck played in their accomplishments. Edmond H. Fischer
played stuck
The first drama thing I really got stuck into was 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' I played Puck. That's when I said, 'I want to be an actor.' Ed Speleers
played
The first role I played was Madame Ranevsky in 'The Cherry Orchard.' Lesley Nicol
played
I played football. I played trumpet. I could draw. Jimmy Breslin
secondly success sure tool
The success is making sure we have the right tool and secondly that it's being used correctly.
series
What the series is all about is: We die. So while we're here, let's live fully. Alan Ball
series
I've thought that 'Soulmate' in the 'Night World' series would make a really nice TV-movie or just a movie. L. J. Smith
series
I have read every book in the 'Dune' series and every Anne Rice book. Lorraine Toussaint
series treatment
A disease and its treatment can be a series of humiliations, a chisel for humility. Laurel Lea
series happens things-happen
When you're the lead of a series, things happen around you, and you react to them. James Van Der Beek
series
Louis C.K. directs his show, which is very much like a series of short films. Mike Birbiglia
series
I was so stressed. Every at-bat's been like the World Series for me.
series start tennessee
Getting this World Series start is probably going to go a long way in getting him over the Tennessee loss. Phil Garner
series
I don't want that to be the way this series is remembered. Ryan Miller
southern desire pieces
The Northern onslaught upon slavery was no more than a piece of specious humbug designed to conceal its desire for economic control of the Southern states.
southern comfort world
I can't see this world unless I go/ outside my southern comfort zone. Brad Paisley
southern heritage dialect
I'm most comfortable with the Southern dialects, really. It's easy, for example, for me to do Irish because we've got Irish heritage where I come from. Brad Pitt
southern gentleman southern-gentleman
I'm a southern gentleman. Jamie Foxx
south
We've got kids, I'm sure, who have never been out of South Carolina.
southern flying towns
Been on what I call my Flying Saucer Tour--appearing in small Southern towns--in front of handfuls of hillbillies. Bill Hicks
southern said southerner
A true Southerner will never say in 2-3 words what can better be said in 10-12. Charles Kuralt
southern
Many, many of them are from southern Louisiana.
southern election certain
The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election. Belle Boyd
summer kissing first-kiss
I was 13 and at summer camp when I had my first kiss. Carlos Pena, Jr.
summer daughter war
Daughter of Eve from the far land of Spare Oom where eternal summer reigns around the bright city of War Drobe, how would it be if you came and had tea with me? C. S. Lewis
summer writing play
When you're writing a movie or a play and writing isn't going well, which is for me the normal condition - it's an exceptional day when suddenly I've got something and it's going well - you can call the studio or the producer or whoever is waiting for it and say, "I know I said I was going to have it in by the end of the summer. Aaron Sorkin
summer spring autumn
If he does go, the change will be doleful. Suppose he should be absent spring, summer, and autumn: how joyless sunshine and fine days will seem!
summer morning mean
No mockery in this world ever sounds to me so hollow as that of being told to cultivate happiness. What does such advice mean? Happiness is not a potato, to be planted in mould, and tilled with manure. Happiness is a glory shining far down upon us out of Heaven. She is a divine dew which the soul, on certain of its summer mornings, feels dropping upon it from the amaranth bloom and golden fruitage of Paradise.
summer morning spring
Youth has its romance, and maturity its wisdom, as morning and spring have their freshness, noon and summer their power, night and winter their repose. Each attribute is good in its own season.
summer real rip
Living on the street as a kid changed the way I looked at everything. It was a different time and while it had its dangers, it was nothing like it would be today. It was the Summer of Love and there was a real sense of community among us. We were hippies who looked out for each other instead of trying to rip each other off. We only had to watch out for the police who liked to roust us just on general principles, and the kids who came in from the suburbs to do a little hippie-bashing. Charles de Lint
summer nature spring
It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.
summer spring winter
Spring is the time of year when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade.
team winning goal
My goal is to win. It doesn't matter how I do. I want to do well, but I just want the team to win. Carlos Beltran
team games trying
Now that I feel 100 percent, I'm looking forward to playing my game the way I want to-getting on base, stealing bases and trying to help the team any way I can.
team levels want
I never want to be satisfied. I never want to be like, 'OK, this is good enough.' I always want to get to the next level and help the team improve. Carlos Gonzalez
team winning thinking
I'm not thinking about my numbers. I'm just trying to do the best I can to help the team win.
team different culture
More and more, in any company, managers are dealing with different cultures. Companies are going global, but the teams are being divided and scattered all over the planet. Carlos Ghosn
team hate known
I hate walking around known as a team that loses all the time. Carl Crawford
team
We were a team without a personality. With Ron, we have one. Rick Adelman
team threw touch worried
We were always the better team but Everton threw on their He-Men and I was always worried they would get a touch or ricochet. Steve Bruce
team father creating
Basically, a manager is a father figure to 20 or 25 blokes. It's about trying to get the best out of them and creating team spirit. Alan Shearer
tests rings universe
The universe rings true whenever you fairly test it.
tests
We meet all life's greatest tests alone. Agnes Macphail
test
We have Badoer who is a very experienced test driver, Jean Todt
tests firsts beats
Everything I make as a producer, I visualize it as a DJ first. And all those beats, I test them as a DJ. David Guetta
tests failing explanation
Where we have good, testable explanations, they then have to be tested, and we drop the ones that fail the tests. David Deutsch
tests majority failing
The overwhelming majority of theories are rejected because they contain bad explanations, not because they fail experimental tests.
tests poultry clients
I would expect an extremely high percentage of the chickens would test positive. Our poultry industry clients wouldn't like that. Bryan Shelton
tests handle persons
It really tests you as a person as far as whether you can handle failure. Jason Bay
tests chemistry sometimes
Sometimes you fail your chemistry test and other times it's explosive. Bruce Campbell
time math science
I have had my results for a long time: but I do not yet know how I am to arrive at them. Carl Friedrich Gauss
time writing math
You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until I have said as much as possible in a few words, and writing briefly takes far more time than writing at length.
time time-management enough
There's time enough, but none to spare. Charles W. Chesnutt
time dark mind
In the dark attics of our minds, all times mingle.
time son boys
A boy's story is the best that is ever told.
time fool calendars
Tomorrow! It is a period nowhere to be found in all the registers of time, unless, perchance, in the fool's calendar. Charles Caleb Colton
time all-things
Time is the measurer of all things, but is itself immeasurable, and the grand discloser of all things, but is itself undisclosed.
time retreat tides
Time ... advances like the slowest tide, but retreats like the swiftest torrent.
time two black
Time,- that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities.
tired giving biscuits
When I get tired, I start eating things that I wouldn't normally crave, like biscuits, because they'll give me a bit of energy to keep going. Carol Vorderman
tired mindfulness deaf-and-blind
Seek and see all the marvels around you. You will get tired of looking at yourself alone, and that fatigue will make you deaf and blind to everything else. - Don Juan
tired long feelings
They were pretty tired by now of course; but not what I’d call bitterly tired – only slow and feeling very dreamy and tired as one does when one is coming to the end of a long day in the open.
tired years long
It's always difficult, especially the U.S. Open, the last of the Grand Slams. It's always tough because you know, the season is very long. I really played a lot this year. Sometimes it's really hard to stay focused all the time because you're really tired after the whole season. Agnieszka Radwanska
tired hustle
I am tired of hustling.
tired voice air
When I was on the air a lot my throat and vocal chords got tired. If you don't vary your tones you can't get pretty tired of your own voice. Alan Ladd
tired years eight
I tired of the routine of eight years in one afternoon.
tired conceit found
None are so seldom found alone, and are so soon tired of their own company, as those coxcombs who are on the best terms with themselves.
tired writing skills
For someone who is starting out on developing their critical skills, just being aware of its existence is great: it can make the difference between trying to write a story around a cliche or an original idea, and better still, studying it can eventually clue you in on how to breathe new life into tired tropes.
west
Do I think the West End relies too heavily on star names? Yes, I do, and it can result in miscasting and sub-standard stuff. Not always, but occasionally. Tobias Menzies
west feels continents
I always hope for the better for the continent and what I know comes from Africa. Living in the West we feel like we're so removed from the continent that we can somewhat shut off. Djimon Hounsou
western-culture facts dimensions
Especially for those of us living in the Western culture, death to a large extent is still a taboo subject. It's considered something dreadful that shouldn't be happening. It's usually denied. The fact of death is not faced. What we don't realize in Western culture is that death has a redemptive dimension. Eckhart Tolle
western
Everyone keeps saying the western's dead, but it's not. Edward Norton
western
Westerns pop up every so often, everybody does a western and then they all die.
west wonderful raised
I have an amazing family. I was raised in a wonderful mid-west family. Jana Kramer
west may forget
The West is dead... you may lose a sweetheart but you won't forget her. Charles Marion Russell
west partnership states
We can also reassure our Palestinian partners that we understand the importance of territorial contiguity in the West Bank for a viable Palestinian state. Ariel Sharon
west would-be born
Because I was born in the South, I’m a Southerner. If I had been born in the North, the West or the Central Plains, I would be just a human being. Clyde Edgerton
worries
She's polite, but she's a little naive. That's what worries me.
worries
There's always going to be a part of me that worries about not looking as slim as other actresses. Kate Winslet