- America
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- Nov 07, 2020
Africa Quotes
A continent, spoken of in its own right.
This page includes a clearly inclusive statement rejecting homophobia as any part of a forward-looking African future, alongside a call to nurture fresh ideas that could genuinely help the continent, similar to Country quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
South Africa never leaves one indifferent. Its history, its population, its landscapes and cultures - all speak to the visitor, to the student, to the friend of Africa.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've wanted to be an actor since I was 6 years old. I was literally picked off the streets of Paris... while I was modeling there. I was asked to audition for Oliver Stone's 'Alexander.' I didn't get the part, but that led to commercials and roles in South Africa.
- Jazz
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to keep pushing the musical ideas I had about jazz, music from Africa and the Caribbean.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a kid, I always felt connected to Africa; it was something I was very proud of.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandparents on my father's side came to this country from the Caribbean with a strong connection to Africa and no shame about it.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
Africa is not for the weak-hearted: infrastructure issues are there. The middle class is absent in most of the countries. We have to cater to the low end of the market to grow.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
Leaders in Africa are so corrupt that we are certain if we put dogs in uniforms and put guns on their shoulders, we'd be hard put to distinguish them.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
We know that all interracial groups in South Africa are relationships in which whites are superior, blacks inferior. So as a prelude, whites must be made to realize that they are only human, not superior. Same with blacks. They must be made to realize that they are also human, not inferior.
- Far
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a lot of insensitivity, especially as maybe as far as the ‘Africa' video goes. But the song was about a fantasy.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
So for everybody who allows themselves to be separated from me because I said 'African' instead of 'Nubian' or 'Black' or 'Kemet' or 'original' or 'Israelite,' don't be so foolish. I say 'African' because the continent of Africa is the land from which we all originate. It is the word that we are most familiar with right now.
- Ecosystems
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- Nov 07, 2020
The G8 nations, together with the five major emerging economies of China, India, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, use almost three-quarters of the Earth's biocapacity - the capacity of the world's ecosystems to produce natural resources and to reduce harmful substances.
- Fly
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- Nov 07, 2020
Filmmaking is a great adventure. I'm as excited as a kid to be given tickets to fly suddenly to England, South Africa, America, everywhere. I'm still a 13-year-old kid, flying.
- Far East
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- Nov 07, 2020
Imagine - four years you could have spent travelling around Europe meeting people, or going to the Far East of Africa or India, meeting people, exchanging ideas, reading all you wanted to anyway, and instead I wasted it at Roosevelt.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020