Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jacqueline Woodson

Before Grandma died, she talked about family history in a way she had never done before, ... She was interested in family history, especially African American women.

By using this fund to augment existing development programs, we can help selected countries overcome key binding constraints and break into higher growth. These programs can generate positive spillover effects for neighboring countries, as well as a powerful demonstration effect for all Africa , by creating more convincing models for sustained transformation.

Nelson Mandela

call for a partnership of Africa and the United States, developing and developed countries to bring about a transfer of resources.

In effect, this fine tells the world that there is a very cheap price to be paid for rape of South African boys,

Stephen Fleming

I needed everything I could get. We probably should have got more, because the follow-on was our only real chance. Maybe if we'd been bowled out for 350, the game would still have been alive, but we played well enough to be in a position where we had to get South Africa out twice, so we needed as much cash in the bank as possible.

John Eldredge

In ancient African cultures, a young man was not considered a full member of the tribe, an elder, a man. He couldn't marry and he couldn't own land until he had killed a lion. It was symbolic.

Daymond John

I'm the kind of person that when I saw a lack of African Americans in the apparel business, that was something I set out to do, and I lead by example.

David Friedman

I'm not surprised that they would attempt to create a false veneer of legitimacy by promoting their cause through the mouths of Jews and Israelis. It doesn't matter who is speaking; what matters is the content of the message, and that message of an analogy between South African apartheid and Zionism is false and extreme.

Glenn McGrath

If there's a possibility that I can still go on the South African tour then so be it. If not we'll think about next season.

Jane Goodall

If people get to meet them face-to-face and see how amazing they are, they are much more likely to be interested in their plight in Africa and Asia,

Trevor Noah

I live in South Africa. I'm proud to live there. I've always said I want to be a comedian from South Africa in the world. I will stay in places for a bit here and there and pop into New York for a while, maybe stay in London for a year, but my home will always be South Africa. I enjoy it too much.

Roger Clemens

I just go to the ballpark and watch as the media buzz around me. Especially if the Red Sox are playing. I hang out on the field before the game. I visit the clubhouses. The rumors start flying like base hits off one of those South African pitchers we faced in the World Baseball Classic. Good times.

I hope South Africa will, rather than taking position in the middle,... use its moral high ground to help in our effort to drive Iranian leadership in different direction.

Tucker Carlson

I never made it to Liberia. I was in West Africa with Al Sharpton and members of the Nation of Islam. The rebels had captured the airport in Moravia, and our pilot refused to fly us in. So we met with some of the rebel groups in West Africa.

Infrastructure assets offer a particularly attractive investment opportunity, especially given that infrastructure expenditure over the next ten years in the Middle East and North Africa region is estimated to be in excess of $300 billion.

Jusuf Kalla

Increase in economic relations with South Africa became important as that country has a strong economy,

I'm doing it the African way and I'm swimming faster than I ever did in my life.

I just wish that my father was still alive to see how far we have come as African Americans,

Deborah Cox

I just bought a bunch of CDs and downloaded them into my I-pod. I bought the Seal record, a Swahili drum album, and there's some original African drums that I listen to before the show.

Gene Robinson

I hope that I will be invited. I hope all of the African bishops will be there, because I think that's the way forward.

George Clooney

I invested a pretty big chunk of money in it, and when we finally were about to announce, I was at the G-8, trying to raise money for African debt relief,

Janet Suzman

I'm able to look at South Africa and hate certain things, like I do not like the stand about AIDS at the moment that's being taken by the government.

Alicia Keys

I love the song. And I love Bono. I believe AIDS is the most important issue we face ... I urge everyone to recognize the extreme disaster Africa is facing and step up.

Aaron Spelling

I love giving time to gay actors, gay characters; I think it's wrong to say, You don't exist. I like diversity in shows, and I must say, the networks are really selling that, finally. African Americans, Latinos, diversity, diversity. Even love scenes, I'm pleasantly surprised that we've come that far.

I'm surprised at this decision because in no other country you will find such a precedent. Even in countries like Australia, England or South Africa they reduce the ticket prices on the last two days or just the final day but never have they distributed totally free tickets for a Test match.

The large quantity demonstrates the threat syndicated crime and the smuggling of illicit items, including narcotics, pose to South Africa and its communities.

Willie Nelson

I used to work in the cotton fields a lot when I was young. There were a lot of African Americans working out there. A lot of Mexicans - the blacks and the whites and the Mexicans, all out there singing, and it was like an opera in the cotton fields, and I can still hear it in the music that I write and play today.

The Middle East and northern African countries should be able to build up a line of defense against avian influenza. FAO is more concerned about the situation in eastern Africa, where veterinary services, due to various constraints, should have more difficulties to run efficient bird flu campaigns based on slaughtering infected animals and vaccination,

The family has been made fragile in Africa because of poverty and because of AIDS.

The fears are very high because many African countries are not in a very good position to respond to this kind of crisis, ... If there is no more support for veterinary services in Africa, then we may face a very, very severe problem.

Paul Kagame

The continental bodies like New Partnership for Africa's Development and the African Union need to be hailed for their tireless efforts in reuniting the people of Burundi,

The camp was set up to deal with social problems in developing countries. The biggest problem facing the people of South Africa was AIDS.

Dontrelle Willis

I'm dumbfounded ... ecstatic. It's historic. I never thought I'd be in this situation. (I feel) fortunate, and I hope African American players are proud of me.