"Africa does not have an uncle abroad who will come to bail it out of its political and economic woes. It is important that African countries wake up and pool whatever resources they have and jointly deal elements pulling our continent down a death blow."

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Source : "Unity will end crises, Membe tells Africa" by Austin Beyadi, The Guardian, March 28, 2008.

Bernard Membe

#Country Quotes #Uncles Quotes #Blow Quotes

“My eyebrows could do with a trim.”
“I am a person always full of contradictions... It was hard to choose whether to devote myself to revolution as a soldier or as a writer.”

Source : "Living legend: Ba Jin". www.newsgd.com. November 26, 2003.
“Hogs and pigs are very intelligent.”

Source : "CSI of the Animal World". "Nancy Grace", edition.cnn.com. May 29, 2006.
“Sometimes things in life happen that allow us to understand our priorities very clearly. Ultimately you can see those as gifts.”
“(Home) is you in things.”
“The untalented are more at ease in a society that gives them valid alibis for not achieving than in one where opportunities are abundant. In an affluent society, the alienated who clamor for power are largely untalented people who cannot make use of the unprecedented opportunities for self-realization, and cannot escape the confrontation with an ineffectual self.”
“I like to mix and match vintage with designer. It's how I create my own style.”
“No two electrons in the same state? That is why atoms are so unnecessarily big, and why metal and stone are so bulky.”

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