"There's a huge misconception that it's all about the oil, and the truth is there's actually not much oil left in Abyei. The misperception arose because when the peace agreement was signed in 2005, Abyei accounted for a quarter of Sudan's oil production. Since then, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague defined major oil fields to lie outside Abyei. They're in the north now, not even up for grabs, and they account for one percent of the oil in Sudan. The idea that it's "oil-rich Abyei" is out of date."

-- Rebecca Hamilton

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“If I could only remember that the days were not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart.”

Source : Edmund Wilson (2001). “I Thought of Daisy”, p.59, University of Iowa Press
“I have a lot of mental scars from being brought up Catholic and being sent to Catholic school for 13 years!”
“Drawing teaches habits of close observation that will always be useful.”

Source : Susanna Clarke (2009). “Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell”, p.691, Bloomsbury Publishing
“Life has never been easy. Nor is it meant to be. It is a matter of being joyous in the face of sorrow.”
“I don't know whether the bird you are holding is dead or alive, but what I do know is that it is in your hands. It is in your hands.”
“Not everything that steps out of line, and thus "abnormal", must necessarily be "inferior".”

Source : "Neurotribes review - the evolution of our understanding of autism" by Saskia Baron, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2015.
“The fact that you wish to become extremely successful must mean that you currently do not see yourself as such. Therefore, you need to change. The question you should be asking is what do you need to become?”
“Ultimately, freedom and democracy are stronger than fear and tyranny.”

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