"The long-term solution in preventing another famine in Somalia is to promote self-reliance."

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Source : "The doctor undaunted by Somalia's insurgents" by Laila Ali, www.theguardian.com. August 23, 2011.

Hawa Abdi

#Self Quotes #Long Quotes #Somalia Quotes

“Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle...”
“Everyone loves to fly and flying underwater is even better than flying in air because there are things around you,”
“There was both love and despair in his voice. He was truly handicapped when it came to emotions, and falling in love hadn't changed that...”
“Actually, Sydney is my second favourite city on earth, I love Sydney, but this is the greatest.”
“If you try to copy something exactly you won't get it correct, because you don't share the same tradition and context.”

Source : Source: www.artzip.org
“I see young men, my townsmen, whose misfortune it is to have inherited farms, houses, barns, cattle, and farming tools; for these are more easily acquired than got rid of. Better if they had been born in the open pasture and suckled by a wolf, that they might have seen with clearer eyes what field they were called to labor in. Who made them serfs of the soil? Why should they eat their sixty acres, when man is condemned to eat only his peck of dirt? Why should they begin digging their graves as soon as they are born?”
“I don't want to be in competition with anyone. I'm friends with women I work with and I applaud any success they have in their careers. And I'm not just saying that because it sounds good, I genuinely want people to do well and have success.”

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“Normally with any of the races, we go a bit early to get used to the time zone and acclimatize. We'll have a couple of days to see the places. My favorites so far are Montreal and Abu Dhabi. With Abu Dhabi, the facilities are excellent and the weather is always good.”

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