"You plan and plan and plan then Africa happens"

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Source : Mireya Mayor (2011). “Pink Boots and a Machete: My Journey From NFL Cheerleader to National Geographic Explorer”, p.239, National Geographic Books

Mireya Mayor

“Many thanks for the sending me the book Biology of the Striped Skunk ... Frankly, I doubt whether I shall read it or not, unless I happen to have some intimate contact with a skunk which may induce me to learn more about him.”
“We live, I think, in the century of science and, perhaps, even in the century of physics.”
“I was on my face. I heard the count from one to 10. I kept telling myself that I had to get up, but I couldn't move. I couldn't make myself move. It was the strangest feeling.”

Source : "Remembering the Brockton Blockbuster" by Thomas Hauser, www.nysun.com. September 14, 2005.
“I walk my dogs. I garden a little. I play a bit of tennis. Basically when I have spare time I'm making music.”
“There is no fifth destination.”

Source : Armistead Maupin (2012). “Michael Tolliver Lives: Tales of the City 7”, p.144, Random House
“Massive concentration of financial power, accompanied by the machinations of finance capital , can as easily de-stabilize as stabilize capitalism.”
“Remember it is the heart and not the body, which strives to draw near to God. By heart I do not mean the flesh perceived by the senses, but that secret thing which is sometimes expressed by spirit, and sometimes by soul.”
“Ministry of Sound was actually the first club I ever played in the UK, it must have been around 1993. Being invited to play was a big thing and visited many times since - The Gallery always has a great crowd, great sound system and just a great night.”

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