"That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. And so I got an indigenous tree, called Nandi flame, it has this beautiful red flowers. When it is in flower it is like it is in flame."

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Source : "Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai: A Global Icon Of Conservation" by Korva Coleman, www.npr.org. September 26, 2011.

Wangari Maathai

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“I do believe that the Kurds are in a difficult situation. They do have some American support. How consistent that will be is unclear. But they have built up a strong military, and they have begun to build the institutions of an autonomous life in Northern Syria. Turkey's enmity towards the Kurds and their desire to make sure there is no independent Kurdish state or even really autonomous enclave is going to push the Kurds into Bashar Assad's hands over time.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“At the end of your life, you will never regret not having passed one more test, not winning one more verdict or not closing one more deal. You will regret time not spent with a husband, a friend, a child, or a parent.”

Source : Barbara Bush (1994). “Barbara Bush: A Memoir”, Scribner
“It's not enough to have good intentions. If you want to be a good person, you have to make good decisions all the time and live a life that's worth living and that you can be proud of, and that's what I wanted.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I thought, 'My God, I'm gonna make $15,000 a week for 13 weeks.' What would I do with that kind of money? You know, I had never seen anything like that before in my life.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I think CGI is interesting but it's too expensive and limiting in terms of what you can do shot-by-shot.”

Source : "Ben Wheatley's 'Freakshift' to shoot in 2014 with American cast". Interview with Will Dix, www.digitalspy.com. July 19, 2013.
“We have so many kids in America to be adopted, but it's expensive. All these families that want children aren't able to because of the financial aspect, and that, to me, is just the most disgusting thing ever.”
“I would tell my 25-year-old self to relax, just trust yourself, it's going to be okay. You're exactly where you're supposed to be right here and right now.”

Source : Source: lasentinel.net
“There's nothing wrong with being a terrorist, as long as you win. Then you write history.”

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