Africa Quotes

I'm not talking about Russia in my music. I've never been to Russia. I'm not talking about Africa, Switzerland, China. I'm talking about me being American and growing up in a crazy world and helping to reflect all different sides of life. Nas
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When I was in South Africa, I was meeting with people who never heard of Lego bricks. And yet, when I was like, 'Here they are,' they immediately got it. They saw the appeal, were snapping bricks and creating their little creations right there immediately. Nathan Sawaya
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'Makossa' is from Africa, and it means 'dance.' It's also the name for this type of music. In my song, I decided to mix in some Jamaican sounds, like the steel drums. Natti Natasha
Music Song Dance Type Some Steel Name Like Also Drums Sounds Mix Africa Decided Means
For many, the icon of the British Museum is the Rosetta Stone, that administrative by-product of the Greek imperial adventure in Africa. Neil MacGregor
British Museum Administrative Imperial Adventure Greek Stone Africa Icon Many British Museum By-Product
I think growing up in South Africa, and then moving to Canada, I'm just genuinely interested in the difference between the First World and the Third World, immigration, and how the new, globalized world is beginning to operate. All of those things run through my mind a lot. Neill Blomkamp
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At the outset, I want to say that the suggestion that the struggle in South Africa is under the influence of foreigners or communists is wholly incorrect. I have done whatever I did because of my experience in South Africa and my own proudly felt African background, and not because of what any outsider might have said. Nelson Mandela
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The U.K. and the U.S. could not have been built today without Africa's aid. It is all the resources that were taken from Africa, including human, that built these countries today! So when they try to give back, we shouldn't be on the defensive. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Today Try Aid Defensive Back Resources Give Could Taken Countries Without Built Were Been Human Africa Including
There seems to be this sense among even well-meaning Americans that Africa is this black hole of murder and mutilation that can never be fixed, no matter what aid is brought in. Nicholas Kristof
Matter Black Sense Aid Black Hole Brought Seems Never Well-Meaning Fixed American Africa Hole Even Among
I do think that humanitarians and journalists alike have focused on all the things that go wrong, and that they sometimes leave the perception in the public that the war on poverty has been lost. That Africa is just a bottomless pit of despair. When, in fact, really the opposite is true on both fronts. Nicholas Kristof
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If Jeff Bezos and I had started Amazon.com in a poverty-stricken corner of Africa, there would have been no job creation because there would be no people to buy the stuff from Amazon.com. The difference here is the American middle class, which is by every measure the most extraordinary economic achievement in the history of the world. Nick Hanauer
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Whether I'm trying to figure out what the U.S. military is doing in Latin America or Africa, Afghanistan or Qatar, the response is remarkably uniform - obstruction and obfuscation, hurdles and hindrances. In short, the good old-fashioned military runaround. Nick Turse
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What the military will say to a reporter and what is said behind closed doors are two very different things - especially when it comes to the U.S. military in Africa. Nick Turse
Will Closed Doors Military Say Said Very Closed Doors Reporter Behind Africa Different Different Things Things Two
It turns out that, if you want to know what the U.S. military is doing in Africa, it's advantageous to be connected to a large engineering or construction firm looking for business. Nick Turse
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The Cape Epic is unpredictable. In South Africa, it's scorching hot one minute, then super-windy or rainy the next, so you have to ensure you're ready for anything. Nino Schurter
You South Africa Ensure One Minute Unpredictable Minute Hot Ready Scorching South Africa Anything Epic Cape Then Next Rainy
The trails in South Africa are completely different to Europe: dusty and loose surface. Nino Schurter
South Africa Loose Surface South Trails Dusty Africa Different Europe
As I got older, my pops tried to keep me involved with the culture by telling me the stories of the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, how he came to America, and about our family back home, because all that side of my family - my aunties, grandparents - is in Africa. Nipsey Hussle
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As much as I'm a black person from America, I'm a black person from Africa, too. Nipsey Hussle
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Everything that the West is today is predominantly because of Africa. Nneka
Today Everything Because West Africa
The way people see Africa is mostly dark. Nneka
People Dark Way See Mostly Africa
The lack of roads in Africa greatly hinders agriculture, education, and development. Norman Borlaug
Education Agriculture Roads Development Hinders Greatly Lack Africa
A greater persecution shall befall the Christian Church than has ever been in Africa, and will last until the year 1792, when there will be a revision of centuries. Nostradamus
Church Will Year Christian Shall Until Greater Been Befall Persecution Revision Than Africa Centuries Ever Christian Church Last
I'm talking to friends so we can do something to create awareness to try to help children in Africa. Nwankwo Kanu
Try Awareness Something Talking Friends Africa Children Create Help
We believe that the world, too, can destroy apartheid, firstly by striking at the economy of South Africa. Oliver Tambo
World South Africa Believe Too Striking Destroy Economy Firstly South Africa Apartheid
The results showed that Joe Mokoena and I had made history. For the first time in the history of education in South Africa, two African students had passed the JC with a First Class degree, regarded as a rare achievement for any student. Oliver Tambo
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The givers of most of the corruption in Africa are from outside Africa. Olusegun Obasanjo
Corruption Givers Outside Most Africa
It is important to stress: Africa is also a victim of the September 11 attacks. Omar Bongo
Stress Important Victim September Attacks Also Africa
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