"Ghana is like a lion without a head"

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Ama Ata Aidoo

#Ghana Quotes #Lions Quotes

“I'm constantly thinking about trying to piece together collaborators... All disciplines can be narrow...”
“The destiny of our society is yours to make and you have a vastly greater importance to the world than we do.”
“I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.”
“God gave a law ... called justice. But they have made a law for themselves that is terrible and intricate, and they cannot escape it, for the evil will and the good will are caught alike in its meshes, and it is darkness to the eyes that see and a stumbling block to the feet that run. This law is called necessity.”
“Our family may seem extraordinary in some magazines or something, but at home it's not. We're really just a very loving family. We're very close, and we don't read magazines. We just kind of go to work and come home. We try to keep a sense of reality into their lives. What's truly real, not Hollywood real.”
“Feminist theory has left an indelible mark on my own criticalâ€”and creativeâ€”thinking . . . For me, everything I questioned about what it meant to be a man â€“ and how much my sexuality would perpetually challenge those meaningsâ€”could be found in arguments posed by feminists. What can I say? I identified.”

Source : Todd Haynes (2007). “Far From Heaven, Safe, and Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story: Three Screenplays”, p.8, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“I trust the flow of life.”
“May we, as image makers, shapers of the culture, set our sights on things we value, rituals we engage in that heal and serve. May our images honor the ordinary endeavors of common people, and may they make their way to the eyes of the weary - light to the dark, fire to the chill.”

Source : Jan Phillips, Cathy Conheim, Christine Forester, Circle of Women (2000). “A Waist Is a Terrible Thing to Mind: A Wake Up Call”, Breakthru Press

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