Quotes about africa
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Ishmael Beah was born and spent his childhood in Sierra Leone as that sad but beautiful West African country was ravaged by a civil war that left some 50,000 dead between 1991 and 2002. He was a child soldier for a while, then, through extraordinary circumstances, was set free of that life. Carolyn See
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I've been to Africa many times in the past 20 years, but I can't believe this is the first time since the very first Red Nose Day, that I've been back to Ethiopia. The last time I was here was just after the famine and it was crazy, there were people all over the place, kids without families, aid workers, camera crews. O. Henry
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I use a 1994 South African 5 rand coin to mark my ball. It reminds me of my '94 U.S. Open win at Oakmont. Ernie Els
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We saw in Australia that South Africa are a very disciplined, committed team. Michael Hussey
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Why should we be governed by people long dead? ... In any case, the group that ratified the Constitution included just a small subset of the society; it excluded all women, the vast majority of African Americans, many of those without property, and numerous others who were not permitted to vote. Cass Sunstein
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why, for instance, only 2 per cent of Europeans contract the disease as opposed to 13 per cent of African Americans, 17 per cent of U.S. Latinos and up to 50 per cent of Native Americans Jared Diamond
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Why are there no African Americans in that circle? ... How can blacks be left out of the leadership and trapped into the suffering? Jesse Jackson
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Why are there no African Americans in that circle?
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Too often we learn everything about how an African dies, but nothing about how he lives. But they learn and live and love and dream just like we do. That's not to say there are not a hell of a lot of problems in Africa. But there is also another side to that story. Henning Mankell
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Thomas Jefferson called the Barbary States 'petty powers' and declared they were no match for the new America, but the pirates commissioned by these North African states managed to stop American shipping and commerce cold.
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We believe that African football is among the best in the world and very much characterized the Puma brand mentality, which is to win.
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We will stick to our plan and play an aggressive game, the way we played recently against Sri Lanka and South Africa at home.
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What is unique and different about this is that for the first time we are going to do a multi-continental television hook-up led by persons in the African diaspora who love the music.
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We will work with our African friends to come out with a common document. By the end of this year, we should move ahead on the crucial issue of UN Security Council reforms,
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we felt that there were indeed concerns ... our posts in the region, and this region including Yemen, have been on a high state of alert for a long time since the Africa bombings,and in connection with recent events we have asked posts to look very closely at their security procedures. Richard Boucher
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We felt that the best way to reach the community is to start during a month where you focus on African American achievements and progress. We're trying to make modern history. We're trying to keep kids in our communities off the streets.
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We feel the pulse ...You can't fake it. Even if the music is not actually on - people of New Orleans actually hear and feel what is called the second line parade rhythm. And really, that is a continuation of the African rhythm that has existed in New Orleans since the beginning. All the rhythms that went through Congo Square and came to the streets in the jazz, those rhythms sort of govern our lives. Michael White
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We in Africa wonder: Can the world outside see the human beings -- or the potential partners -- behind the unrelenting despair? Desmond Tutu
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There's a false perception that women in Africa somehow don't love their babies they way we do, don't grieve their loss the way we would. That is simply not true. Melinda Gates
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There should be concern expressed at every possible venue to bring pressure on both the African governments and on the international bodies to do something about this. Unless this is stopped, these species could become extinct, and it would be a terrible loss to humanity. Richard Leakey
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We are trying to get them thinking of having a technical school there, ... We want to help with that as well. I feel that as a human being if you see other people no matter who they are that need help, it would be inhumane not to offer some assistance. It can only work out for the betterment of Africa and Bermuda as a whole. I love the country and the children. I will definitely back.
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You get to hear the true African harmony. It shows the richness in our voices.
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After we looked around and noticed coral was dying all over the Caribbean, not just in Florida where we have sewage and other problems, I found some literature on the Amazon rain forest. In the late '80s and early '90s, scientists determined that the African dust supplies most of the essential nutrients for the rain forest.
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Again, I wouldn't venture to say most churches, but a significant number of churches are engaged with the AIDS in Africa issue at this point. Bill Hybels
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After the World Cup, the African Nations Cup in 2004, things definitely dipped.
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It's not a threat to any South African ports. Our ports are already quite busy.
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I am what time, circumstance, history, have made of me, certainly, but I am also, much more than that. So are we all. James A. Baldwin
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That's why we say, 'Whatever you thought, think again.' Get rid of your misconceptions about Africa. Let African voices talk to you. We talked to the people strong, honest, unfiltered voices from Africa.
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So a lot of suburban counties, a lot of exurban counties, that used to be all white are now getting new Hispanics and in some cases Asians and African Americans. And what this does is give much of America a first taste of what diversity is like.
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Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet. The shame doesn't even belong to us, but we still experience it because we're a part of the African race. If it happened to one, it happened to all. We carry that burden. Lupita Nyong'o
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Social Security is important to the economic survival of African Americans and other people of color. We have traditionally been at the low end of the earning scale over our lifetime.
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The lack of rain in parts of East Africa has put the livelihoods of millions of people at risk. The problem is not the lack of food. It's just that many farmers face losing their cattle and are just too poor to buy the food that is available.