"Lula da Silva was my hero when he was president. I Googled him so many times. The fact that he got 20 million people out of poverty... that happened by encouraging entrepreneurship, by supporting small business."

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Source : "Joyce Banda: 'I want Malawians to say our country became a better place'" by Lucy Lamble, Nick Francis and Marc Francis, www.theguardian.com. December 17, 2012.

Joyce Banda

#Hero Quotes #People Quotes #President Quotes

“Reason is universal because no attempted challenge to its results can avoid appealing to reason in the end-by claiming, for example, that what was presented as an argument is really a rationalization. This can undermine our confidence in the original method or practice only by giving us reasons to believe something else, so that finally we have to think about the arguments to make up our minds.”
“You don't become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that you become great in the process.”
“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.”

Source : Willa Cather (2013). “The Best of Willa Cather”, p.463, Simon and Schuster
“You've no fear of heights," puffed the girl. "None," I said. "I've heard that about you.”

Source : Kenneth Oppel (2005). “Skybreaker”, HarperCollins
“In Russia, we have proverb: Only bad soldiers don't want to be general.”
“A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and understand it the first time, then I know it can't be much good.”
“You are imperfect, you are wired for struggle, but you are worthy of love and belonging.”
“As early as when I was five or six I wanted to perform.”

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