725 Africa Quotes for You to Enjoy

The best thing I ever did was when I was offered a million dollars to go play in South Africa and didn't take it. I was 21 years old, and part of it was like, 'Well, if they're offering me this obscene amount of money just to play one match, there must be something really wrong.' John McEnroe

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I see courage everywhere I go in Africa. Fearless human rights activists in Darfur. Women peace advocates in eastern Congo. Former child soldiers in Northern Uganda who now are helping other former child soldiers return to civilian life. John Prendergast

Life Peace Rights Courage Women Human Rights Other Soldiers Everywhere Darfur Eastern See Fearless Civilian Return Advocate Uganda Go Child Northern Human Africa Former Congo Who Helping Activists Now

Americans' perceptions of Africa remain rooted in troubling stereotypes of helplessness and perpetual crisis. John Prendergast

Crisis Perceptions Remain Troubling Stereotypes Perpetual American Africa Rooted Helplessness

I got recognized on the subway in South Africa because of 'Big Bang.' John Ross Bowie

Big South Africa Recognized Because Big Bang Got South Bang Africa Subway

There's this guy: his name, Sedik Ali. He's like the African Kurosawa. You know how Kurosawa does stuff from feudal Japan? This guy does the feudal system of Africa. John Singleton

You Ali System Guy He Stuff Name Like Know Does How His Kurosawa Feudal Africa African Japan

I'm not a huge fan of South Africa. I always feel a bit worried security-wise. Jonathan Agnew

South Africa Worried Bit Feel Always South Huge Huge Fan Africa Fan

I was disappointed not to be able to interview Mr. Clinton. I met him two years ago. I was looking forward to talking with him about issues from Africa to terrorism. Jonathan Dimbleby

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Driving a race car isn't too far a cry from driving any other sports car, but driving one through Africa in the middle of the night offers a wide scree of new sensations. Jonathan Miles

Sports Car Too Other Through Driving New Cry Offers Any Africa Middle Sensations Race Race Car Far Wide Night

You can't get a degree at Tisch College. It serves as an amplifier for what your focus is. If you're an engineer, you can take courses on understanding how to move a river in Africa to bring hydroelectric power to a community. Jonathan Tisch

You Engineer Focus Degree College Power Understanding Community Take River Courses How Get Move Africa Your Serve Amplifier Bring

I'm in awe of the AIDS workers in Africa who teach there, year in and year out. Jordana Spiro

Year AIDS Out Africa Workers Teach Who Awe

Millions of women in malaria-endemic areas in Africa become pregnant every year. Malaria is a threat to these women and their babies, with up to 200,000 newborn deaths each year as a result of malaria. Joyce Banda

Women Result Become Year Every Babies Threat Area Malaria Deaths Up Africa Newborn Pregnant Each Each Year Millions

I would love to do a film in Africa. Judi Shekoni

Love Would Africa Film

Historians and journalists always have agendas, but if I want to find out what's going on in South Africa, I read Nadine Gordimer or John Coetzee because they offer novelistic truth. Justin Cartwright

Truth South Africa Out Find John Journalists Read Because Always South Historians Offer Going Africa Want Agendas

'A Just Defiance' has been a huge success in South Africa. While reading at times like a well-written thriller, its significance is to reveal apartheid to have been far more brutal, ruthless, and self-serving even than we had suspected. Justin Cartwright

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I thought that, post-apartheid, there would be absolutely no interest in South Africa. That has been both true and untrue. The major writers like Gordimer and Coetzee have produced major books. But some of the more minor writers have drifted away. Justin Cartwright

Thought South Africa Books Has-Been Would Would-Be Minor Some No Interest Drifted More Both Absolutely Writers True Major Like Untrue Been South Africa Interest Produced Away

I never in my wildest dreams dreamt of being in a position like this, of having a platform like this, where I can really show the world - not just Africa, but the entire world, people in Asia, India, wherever - that your current situation doesn't have to determine your future. Kamaru Usman

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Living here in North America - I have been Americanized. When I go back home now, there are things that I have far less tolerance for in South Africa. We've come such a long way in terms of race relations and the economy as well as people's willingness to move on. There are still a lot of things that are frustrating about being in South Africa. Kandyse McClure

Home People Long South Africa Move On Tolerance Living Relations Back Way Willingness About Long Way Come Economy Terms Well Still Go Been South Lot North North America America Move Africa Being Frustrating Race Race Relations Far Far Less Less Americanized Now Things Here

The very first role I ever played was as a 17-year old South African girl who dreamed of being a star and left home to meet her mother in the big city so that she could pursue that dream. I left South Africa and met my mother in Vancouver and not long after that was given the opportunity to perform on the stage and have people chant my name. Kandyse McClure

Home People Mother Opportunity Old Girl Long First Big Met South Africa Stage Meet Chant Dream Vancouver City Dreamed Given Pursue Could Perform Name She Big City South South African Left Very Role Africa African Being After Who Star Ever Her Played

I'd say the best is when I was in Africa, I saw a hippo in a house. Someone had a pet hippo. And they're meant to be one of the most dangerous animals on the planet, and they had one that was sort of just wandering in and out of their house, just sort of roaming about. Karl Pilkington

I was fortunate enough to visit a lot of beautiful places around the world. The most astonishing and memorable experiences were my trips to Africa and Australia. Karolina Kurkova

Beautiful World Enough Astonishing Visit Memorable Trips Beautiful Places Most Around Were Lot Australia Africa Experiences Places Fortunate

Al Qaeda attacked the U.S.S. Cole and bombed several U.S. embassies in East Africa in the late 1990s. We knew who did it, but we didn't go after them. Instead, we beefed up security at our embassies and changed the Navy's rules of engagement. It only served to embolden Al Qaeda. Kathleen Troia McFarland

Changed Late Our Several Rules East Security Only Attacked Knew Instead Go Up Did Africa After Them Engagement Who Navy Al Al-Qaeda Bombed Served

I'll never forget working to get my college, Wayne State University, to divest from the government in South Africa. This was the beginning of my activism, and the fight for social and economic justice has been a constant thread in my life. Keith Ellison

Life Government Justice Fight College My Life South Africa Beginning State State University Wayne Has-Been Constant Thread Economic Divest Economic Justice Never Never Forget Been South Forget Get Africa Social Working Activism University

My 94-year-old grandmother has always been so inspiring to me. She is kind, smart, brave, and independent. After graduating number one in her medical school class at a time when it was extremely rare for women to attend medical school, she worked with the World Health Organization in North Africa to eradicate tuberculosis. Kelsey Chow

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