Quotes about african
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It's very typical of South African women. When you deal with a country with harsh landscapes, where life isn't really convenient, the nature of the beast is that you do what you have to do. The Angel
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I want to be a champion of African American work, but I'm defined by more than race, Kenny Leon
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It turns out that every person alive today can trace his or her ancestry back to Africa. Everyone's DNA tells a story of a journey from an African homeland to wherever you live. Spencer Wells
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It won't be 'this is the only chance you're ever going to get', it will be a run (of games) and hopefully he can take the opportunity and can produce something. As a South African team I believe we need to take a few more risks with certain selections going forward. Graeme Smith
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They are there because the western world in the security council asked them to go there. And we let them do the job with bound hands.... if you do not give them the resources. The African countries do not have the equipment that is necessary to intervene and to control such a battle... so if you ask the African soldiers to do the dirty work, give them the tools.
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They were asking for the money for qualifying for the African Cup of Nations - as some kind of morale booster. Stephen Keshi
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It seemed to me the honeymoon with Brown wore off after the first term, and in the African American community, they weren't happy with Brown at all. He went sour with key elements of the city, and it's no good to be identified with him.
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It was never a concern for me. It never excited me. I just look at myself as another basketball coach. Being an African American coaching a Caucasian team means nothing.
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None of that's there in an African village. How can we give it to them? Seymour Papert
african drivers
It's going to take a while before you see a lot of African American drivers out there, but one day it will happen. Bill Lester
african doors female open
We don't all have to take the same coordinates to get to the same destination. Being a young African American female artist, I want to open doors for young black girls. Janelle Monae
african people
The Dr. King holiday is not just for black people, African-Americans or people of African descent. LZ Granderson
african-american president want
Now goverments are a different thing. Presidents who do not want me. As I said, an African-American discriminates against an indigenous Bolivian. Well, they have their reasons, but sooner or later we will all be judged. Evo Morales
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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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Don't let anyone rob you of hope. Pope Francis
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Imagine what a harmonious world it... Quincy Jones
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Whites have more than eleven times the net worth or wealth of African Americans. They make greater salaries. Our unemployment rate is twice theirs. You look at the prison system and who that's chewing up. Randall Robinson
african-american enthusiasm
Enthusiasm is everything. It must... Pele
african-american defense culture
That argument doesn’t make any sense to me. So we want to advance as a society and a culture, but, say, if something happens to an African-American we immediately come to his defense? Yet you want to talk about how far we’ve progressed as a society? Well, we’ve progressed as a society, then don’t jump to somebody’s defense just because they’re African-American. You sit and you listen to the facts just like you would in any other situation, right? So I won’t assert myself. Kobe Bryant
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I won’t react to something just because I’m supposed to, because I’m an African-American
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If we do with Latinos what we did with African-Americans, Republicans and conservatives will be doomed. Karl Rove
african-american president journalist
Journalists become candidates for cardiac arrest when they see or hear an African American disagreeing with an African American. We would become inauthentic if we did not have disagreements with this president. John Conyers
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We don't intend to always keep this necessarily African oriented. Originally I had hoped to have African American Indian of this area, and the Appalachian of this area, but at the same time, just as we have the Haitian room, we will always have room for another exhibit. Katherine Dunham
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The leader of Jar Jar's tribe is a fat, bumbling buffoon with a rumbling voice, and he seems to be a caricature of a stereotypical African tribal chieftain. Michael Dyson
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The literary community is very rich. The Haitian culture stands out as unique, especially the literature. The Creole language also lends a flavor all its own, even in English, and the African tradition gives the literature a lot of folk tales and proverbs. David Brown
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The list of detained journalists is getting longer. The Gambian government does what it likes, without any pretense of legality. How far will it be able to go before it has to face a real protest from the member states of the African Union, whose next summit Gambia is supposed to host?
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An African woman carries heavy loads anyway. That's how we are trained; we are brought up that nothing is unbearable. I use that now, positively. I use that now to have the thick skin that I have, and not fear, and move forward, and push; and push forward. Joyce Banda
african attorney district three
All that that they were able to say was that the district attorney removed three African American jurors,
african choir grade kids played rhythms second singing songs
All of the songs have African rhythms and movement. The kids were dancing. Our second grade choir was used for singing as they played the instruments. It sounded really cool.
african-american
I have always respected everyone's... Hazel Scott
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As we step up malaria research, it's also critically important to save lives today with existing tools. Bed nets cost just a few dollars each, but only a small fraction of African children sleep under one. Bill Gates
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As runners-up in the African Championship, Egypt are a demanding yardstick for us.