"If you think about the last 50 years, Africa's proximity and historical context has absolutely been with Europe and the United States, but their approach in dealing with the economic challenges that Africa faces in particular has been one of handing out aid, not developing economies, not building a long term relationship around agriculture and so on."

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Source : "The New Maritime Silk Road". Interview with Parag Khanna, bigthink.com.

Dambisa Moyo

#Thinking Quotes #Years Quotes #Europe Quotes

“I many no longer depend on pleasant impulses to bring me before the Lord. I must rather response to principles I know to be right, whether I feel them to be enjoyable or not.”
“I don't know how to overcome this perception that I'm extravagant.”
“One of the hardest things for a ball player to do is to accept his role”
“Music doesn't argue, discuss, or quarrel. It just breathes the air of freedom.”
“I want to be in Star Wars. That would be amazing.”
“A poem is a box, a thing, to put other things in. For safe keeping.”

Source : Marianne Boruch (2017). “The Little Death of Self: Nine Essays Toward Poetry”, p.54, University of Michigan Press
“Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.”
“Love is the bee that carries the pollen from one heart to another.”

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