"A nation as such does not give aid to another nation. More precisely, the common citizens of our country, through their taxes, give to the privileged elites of another country. As someone once said: foreign aid is when the poor people of a rich country give money to the rich people of a poor country."

-- Michael Parenti

#Country Quotes #Giving Quotes #People Quotes

“Remember it doesn't take the same minute to make Indomie like it does to make Jollof rice.”
“Be spontaneous, be creative, go out and have fun, let things happen naturally.”
“Bazarov drew himself up haughtily. "I don't adopt any one's ideas; I have my own.”
“You don't have to be a genius when you're surrounded by morons.”
“What I do know is sometimes we love the wrong people and sometimes we marry them.”

Source : Terry McMillan (2010). “Getting to Happy”, p.151, Penguin
“I'm just enjoying playing a character of myself. People's mouths drop when I dance, but my friends are like, "You dance like that in the kitchen!"”
“Though the past haunt me as a spirit, I do not ask to forget.”
“I'm getting old! My back hurts, I got asthma, I just been listening to Amy Winehouse, trying not to cry. Life's crazy.”

Source : "Interview: Summertime '16 With Vince Staples". Interview with Shahlin Graves, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. February 29, 2016.

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