"I don't think they (the Chinese) have better friends in Africa than us. But when we compare to how much money we get, if we succeed, if the MCA is funded by the US Congress for Tanzania, it's going to be $700 Million. It's going to be huge, it may be a total of all the Chinese have been giving us all these years."

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Source : Interview with William Wallis and Tom Burgis, www.ft.com. November 06, 2007.

Jakaya Kikwete

#Thinking Quotes #Years Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Never follow anyone else's path, unless you're in the woods and you're lost.”

Source : "12 Inspiring Graduation Speeches by Amazing Women" by Kelly Conniff, time.com. May 18, 2014.
“I am held by the creator of the world. I am opening, I am unbounded, I am luminous, I am powerful.”

Source : Song: Birth Energy, Album: The Unimaginable Life
“I discovered John Truby ten years ago when a friend told me about his screenwriting course. I studied Truby's principles for a year and -- using them -- I wrote the first draft of The Thieves of Ostia in two weeks. I go back to his teachings before each new book I write. Each time I study Truby, I learn something new.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Conventionally handsome is not really where I'm at.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I think they say that when you're breast feeding, you know, your weight kind of slims down. It's a little easier. It's like a workout within itself. It's very tiring actually and you find yourself snacking more often.”
“Life's a climb, but the view's great.”
“The shadow escapes from the body like an animal we had been sheltering.”
“You know, this is why I just don't answer the door (unless I know who's arriving). I don't want to fend off pint-sized salesfolk or tie-with-short-sleeved-shirt-wearing adults. But if you are going to answer the door in your own house, what's wrong with being armed? What makes people feel entitled to a kid-friendly greeting when they disturb random strangers in their homes?”

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