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When people campaign for positions, they promise people all kinds of things. Hugh Masekela
People Positions Promise Kinds Campaign Things
I lived for music since I could think. Hugh Masekela
Music Think Could Since Lived
I am a forward-looking person and live in the moment to build for the future. Hugh Masekela
Future Build Live Am Person Moment Forward-Looking
I'm very interested in heritage restoration, and I'm working with a group of people to create a number of academies and performance spaces to encourage native arts and crafts and to explore African history. Hugh Masekela
History People Group Heritage Restoration Performance Academy Encourage Very Crafts Arts African Native Spaces Interested Create Working Explore Number
I live a very enjoyable life. I understand what moderation is. Hugh Masekela
Life Live Understand Very Moderation Enjoyable
Corruption is everywhere, man. Hugh Masekela
Man Corruption Everywhere
I started playing the piano when I was 6 years old 'cause my folks tried to get me away from the gramophone. And I just - I lived for music since I could think. And they got me piano lessons. So by the time I was 13, I was quite an accomplished piano player and musician. Hugh Masekela
Music Time Me Cause Old Think Musician Tried Folks Could Piano Piano Lessons Piano Player Since Got Years Accomplished Get Quite Just Lessons Lived Away Player Started Playing By The Time
Watching a Kirk Douglas movie, 'Young Man With A Horn,' made me want to be a trumpet player. Hugh Masekela
Me Man Made Young Horn Kirk Trumpet Want Movie Young Man Douglas Player Watching
I couldn't get away from the gramophone. It was the only thing that I ever really liked, and I was singing along by the time I was five years old - to the Modernaires and Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole. Hugh Masekela
Time Old King Singing Frank Frank Sinatra Only Sinatra Along Liked Nat King Cole Years Five Get The Only Thing Holiday Really Billie Holiday Away Ever Thing By The Time
Apartheid didn't impinge on music. It impinged on people's freedoms. Hugh Masekela
Music People Impinge Freedoms Apartheid
Not only in Africa but in much of the world, most leaders' pockets are lined by industrial business. And industrial business is never going to stop aiming at profit. Hugh Masekela
Business World Profit Aiming Pockets Only Never Leaders Most Industrial Lined Going Stop Africa Much
One of the greatest things that could really happen to Africa is for us to get rid of the borders and for the leadership not to think that the countries belong to them... We didn't create the borders to start with. Hugh Masekela
Leadership Think Borders Could Countries Greatest Greatest Things Get Africa Happen Them Us Create Really Rid Things Start Belong
I'm a CEO of a public company. You have to show decorum. Ivan Glasenberg
You Public Public Company CEO Decorum Show Company
When the opportunities come, we may not want to buy another nickel asset, but if something comes cheap enough, we're all about return on equity. Ivan Glasenberg
Buy Opportunities Enough About Something Cheap Come Return Another Equity May Want Asset Nickel
I've said I will be CEO as long as my colleagues want me. Ivan Glasenberg
Me Will Long Colleagues Said Want CEO
You want to be a trader, come be a trader. The door's open. You want to travel six days a week, you want to travel the world, the door's open. Ivan Glasenberg
You Travel World Week Open Days Come Trader Six Six Days Want Door
We work. You don't come here to take life easy. And we all got rich from it, so, you know, there's a benefit from it. Ivan Glasenberg
Life Work You Rich Benefit Easy Take Come Know Got Here
A lot of deals are done or not done because chief executives are not fully aligned to shareholders. Ivan Glasenberg
Aligned Shareholders Executives Because Deals Lot Chief Done Fully
We want people who work for us to be entrepreneurs. We like them to look at ideas. We like them to chase ideas. We like them to not be what I call a caretaker of an asset. Ivan Glasenberg
Work People Chase Entrepreneurs Like Ideas Look Call Want Them Us Who Asset
Why should I build an asset when I can buy it more cheaply than you can build it? Ivan Glasenberg
Buy You Build More Cheaply Than Should Why Asset
You'll sacrifice a lot of things in the early part of your career to be successful, but to be ahead of your competitors, you have to work hard. Ivan Glasenberg
Work You Work Hard Sacrifice Part Lot Successful Your Hard Things Early Career Competitors
The trading side of the business means a lot of travel, being out of the office a lot of time. Ivan Glasenberg
Time Travel Business Side Out Trading Lot Office Being Means
We're creating new supply for the world, which is key. If we didn't get more tonnes into the system, your next motorcar is going to cost more because the aluminum cost is going to be higher. Ivan Glasenberg
World Key System Cost More Higher Supply New Because Get Going Which Next Creating Your
Over two billion people in China and India need commodities to grow their economies and improve their living standards. Ivan Glasenberg
People Living India Over Economies Improve Commodities China China And India Standards Billion Grow Two Need
All autobiography is storytelling; all writing is autobiography. J. M. Coetzee
Writing Autobiography Storytelling
There is nothing more inimical to writing than the spirit of fundamentalism. Fundamentalism abhors the play of signs, the endlessness of writing. Fundamentalism means nothing more or less than going back to an origin and staying there. It stands for one founding book and, thereafter, no more books. J. M. Coetzee
Book Writing Signs Nothing Back Books Abhors Staying Spirit More More Or Less Than Going Means Less Stands Thereafter Origin Play Founding Fundamentalism
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