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“I am big supporter of the idea of a global anti-corruption movement - but one that begins by recognizing that the architecture of corruption is different in different countries. The corruption we suffer is not the same as the corruption that debilitates Africa. But it is both corruption, and both need to be eliminated if the faith in democracy is not going to be destroyed.”
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“What really is wild about rock 'n' roll? Nothing. It's so banal and so part of corporate culture. It threatens to lose all its life.”
Source : "Playground for the Perplexed". Interview with J.L. Sirisuk, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 5, 2015. 
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“I do not know why it matters that I should tell the truth to myself at night, why it should matter that the truth should be spoken at least once in the world. Because the world is a place of silence, the sky at night when the birds have gone is a vast silent place. Words will make the slightest difference to the sky at night. They will not brighten it or make it less strange. And the day too has its own deep indifference to anything that is said.”
Source : Colm Toibin (2014). “The Testament of Mary: A Novel”, p.67, Simon and Schuster
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“Time is the truest form of wealth. And the beauty is, we are all born equally rich in time.”
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“Saying slavery was the cause of secession isn't politically correct; it's correct correct.”
Source : "CNN Newsroom", www.cnn.com. December 21, 2010.
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“Many artists in Mexico fight to be the Latina Madonna. I don't want that! Never! Maybe she's the American Gloria Trevi!”
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“Moving container from Kigali to Mombasa used to take 22 days, now it takes 6 days.”
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“Religion helps you relate with the universe. Buddha was indifferent to the concept of god yet he gave us values.”
Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org
