"Africans are taught to be beggars and not to be independent."

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James Shikwati

#Independent Quotes #Taught Quotes #Beggar Quotes

“My soul has learned what it came to learn, and all the other things are just things. We can't have everything we want. Sometimes, we simply have to believe.”
“We have only to believe. And the more threatening and irreducible reality appears, the more firmly and desperately we must believe. Then, little by little, we shall see the universal horror unbend, and then smile upon us, and then take us in its more than human arms.”
“We were really helped when President Ronald Reagan came in. I remember non-commissioned officers who were going to retire and they re-enlisted because they believed in President Reagan. That's the kind of President Ronald Reagan was. He helped our country win the Cold War. He put it behind us in a way no one ever believed would be possible. He was truly a great American leader. And those of us in the Armed Forces loved him, respected him, and tremendously admired him for his great leadership.”
“Nothing in science has any value if it is not communicated.”
“People want other people to know that they share our sensibility even if they're not exactly sure what that sensibility is.”
“The true friends of the people are neither revolutionaries, nor innovators, but traditionalists.”
“I'm interested in the gorgeous side of life, but also familiar with the dark side too.”
“Strong and independent? Iâ€™m neither. Iâ€™m just being pushed along by reality, whether I like it or not.”

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