Quotes about africa
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It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions. Omar Bongo
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We can't give South African teams that much ball. Colin Cooper
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We have to understand that all of Africa is infected.
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The best thing we can do is give students the tools for constructing their own identities - powerful new tools like African fractals - and then just get out of the way.
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Now in the 1980s, I happened to notice that if you look at an aerial photograph of an African village, you see fractals. And I thought, 'This is fabulous! I wonder why?' And of course I had to go to Africa and ask folks why.
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Creating a body of mathematics is about intellectual labor, not some kind of transcendental revelation. There are plenty of important components of European fractal geometry that are missing from the African version.
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Every village in Africa now has a cyber cafe.
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There has long been a debate in the aid community and in Africa about how to most effectively help situations of poverty in developing nations and underprivileged communities. Marcus Samuelsson
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I get so tickled when that pilot happens to be an African American because I rarely see that. The same is true when I go to find restaurants. I mean, most places I go, I kind of have some idea who the chef is, which is why I want to go.
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What makes Harlem special is that at any given time, food seekers can not only find food deeply rooted in Southern, Latin and African traditions, but also can taste the newer Senegalese, Chinese, and Italian influences as well.
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Think of all the different features from Asian to African to Aboriginal to Caucasian. But we are all within the same species, Homo Sapiens. Ray Comfort
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Coming up in the Bay Area and being African American in a city that has a history of complex issues of violent crime, interaction with the police is always intense. That's something you have to learn. My mom taught me at a young age that if ever a cop stops you, you put your hands up and freeze - don't move. Ryan Coogler
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Many people believe that determining who is 'black' is rather easy, a task simplified by the administration of the one-drop rule. Under the one-drop rule, any discernible African ancestry stamps a person as 'black.' Randall Kennedy
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The perception of linked fate and that feeling of being always on the spot as a representative of the race, at least in mixed company, are features of African American life that predate affirmative action and arise outside of its presence.
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We were shown all the scenarios after the game and we were kind of in awe. A lot of guys thought it was runs scored, so we thought maybe we'd have to go out and try and beat South Africa by a lot of runs. But it's runs allowed, and the South Africa score does not count. That's strange, too. Johnny Damon
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We've got some of our players away at the African Nations Cup and we've got to hope that they get knocked out early so that we can get them back. We want to keep this club going forward. There's no point, after all our hard work, in taking a step back. Kevin Nolan
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Virtually all of Darfur's six million residents are Muslim, and, because of decades of intermarriage, almost everyone has dark skin and African features. Samantha Power
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With the Cricket World Cup just more than a year away, South Africa hopes to use the series against Australia to iron out flaws and gear them up for the event. Graeme Smith
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Only in South Africa could you have a change in government without civil war. If there wasn't the depth of love and caring among our people, this would not have happened. Patrice Motsepe
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I don't buy the argument that there can't be a successful independent candidacy for the presidency of the United States. People who say, 'It can't happen,' are many of the same people who said we'd never elect an African American. Mark McKinnon
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Obama's a great speaker. Because of his speaking ability and his appearance, a lot of guys got on board. Being the first African American, a lot guys got on board. Pete Rose
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We do not believe that any went away with the same views, and the same feelings in relation to any one in whose veins courses African blood. Lewis Tappan
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While a lot of African Americans and Latinos may have negative perceptions about the military, they can still identify with the strength of the soldier.
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Without an African internal market, it is an illusion to believe that we can strive towards overseas markets.
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We filmed 'Labyrinth' in South Africa for two and a half months and it was just the most unbelievable experience. Lots of sword fighting, mud in hair and lots of weeping! It's very different from 'Downton' because I was going to work and having mud put in my hair - it's the other extreme of the look! Jessica Brown Findlay
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We have some minor leaguers who are pretty good players. I didn't really know that much about how good baseball in South Africa was before this.
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We must promote patriotism, but we can never again allow South African children to be forced to submit to the degrading dogma of racial nationalism.
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I would love to take a cooking class from Gandhi. Maybe I could teach him how to cook, and he could teach me his message. I wouldn't mind learning how to make couscous from scratch from a North African woman, either.
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Most of the money I made has gone back to Africa or is going back to Africa. Mo Ibrahim
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Most Americans know nothing about the African forest, and it seems to them a very scary, spooky dangerous place. I've spent a lot of time in the forests of central Africa. I know they're beautiful places that contain a lot of different kinds of creatures, including some that carry Ebola. David Quammen
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When speaking at a March 2 briefing ... I referred to nuclear testing that occurred on July 6, 1962, at the Nevada Test Site code named 'Sedan.' I was not referring to the African country Sudan. Ellen Tauscher
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We have our own script. We have our own calendar. We represent the greatness of Africa's past. We also represent the worst of Africa's present, in terms of poverty. It is the best and the worst of African reality. Meles Zenawi
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The 1990s were an eye-opener. You had the strongest labor market in 30 years; all things being equal, those were good times for African Americans. A lot of black moms were entering the labor market, but the dads kept dropping out.