"Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. If Nigeria succeeds at democratic governance it will be an anchor for all of West Africa. Africa needs a strong Nigeria."

-- Ed Royce

#Country Quotes #Strong Quotes #Anchors Quotes

“When someone dies, you don't get over it by forgetting; you get over it by remembering, and you are aware that no person is ever truly lost or gone once they have been in our life and loved us, as we have loved them.”

Source : Leslie Marmon Silko (1986). “The Delicacy and Strength of Lace: Letters Between Leslie Marmon Silko & James Wright”, Saint Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press
“I was born in 1972, which means that in "rock" terms I have no business addressing "the kids" unless it's to shoo them out of my garden.”

Source : "Destroyer". Interview with Matt LeMay, pitchfork.com. June 12, 2006.
“I am only known for my ***** and tats.”
“You can maybe be artistic and really original and creative, but as long as it's got that funniness at the root of it, then certain people are going to love it just because they need a laugh.”

Source : "Elijah Wood and Jason Gann Talk WILFRED Season 1 Finale Cliffhanger and Ideas for Season 2". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 7, 2011.
“Artists are meant to be madmen, to disturb and shock us.”
“To use a Southern euphemism, our space program has been snake-bit.”
“To love someone enough to let them go, you had to let them go forever or you did not love them that much.”

Source : Diana Wynne Jones (2012). “Fire and Hemlock”, p.254, Penguin
“Once one has attained a high level of success at any pursuit and especially an unorthodox pursuit like rowing, one develops a number of generally self-congratulatory half-truths to explain how it happened that he ascended to that particular pinnacle. Often because original motivations don't seem to have much in common with the eventual success, the real and rationalized motivations are difficult to separate.”

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