"There are still hungry people in Ethiopia, but they are hungry because they have no money, no longer because there is no food to buy... we strongly resent the abuse of our poverty to sway the interests of the European public."

-- Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher

#People Quotes #Abuse Quotes #Poverty Quotes

“I like the sound of people's voices, and I think what a man says can very well tell what he's thinking, whether he's lying or not.”
“It only takes for one person to remind you that you are special, and then your whole life is changed.”

Source : "Kellee Stewart: The My Boys Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. July 7, 2008.
“Plato compared the intellect to a charioteer guiding the powerful horses of the passions, i.e., he gave it both the power of perception and the power of control.”
“It's estimated for every $1 billion we spend on road construction, nearly 48,000 jobs are created.”
“You should not be hovering in the background, inflating the drama. Simply envelop him in love and affection and let him know that you will support his efforts, whatever they are.”
“To read 'Happy Talk' is to crash a party as vivid and surreal as Felini's 8. It's the business of show business, the American dream, told by a chorus of Americans locked just outside of that dream, outside of the United States, relegated to expatriate status on the shores of Haiti. Melo paints a version of Haiti that's an interior landscape perhaps even more than an externalized place. This Haiti is a plan, a memory, a morphine-drip fueled dream out to bond its inhabitants forever.”
“Find something you love and do it better than everyone else.”

Source : Gurbaksh Chahal (2008). “The Dream: How I Learned the Risks and Rewards of Entrepreneurship and Made Millions”, p.138, Macmillan
“I don't want to say I can't wait to get back to normal life, because I don't. I don't want to get back to normal life.”

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