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From 1967 to '70, Nigeria fought a war - the Nigeria-Biafra war. And in the middle of that war, I was 14… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Copy Share Image
It requires twenty years for a man to rise from the vegetable state in which he is within his mother's womb, and… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Whenever I held my newborn baby in my arms, I used to think that what I said and did to him could… — Rose Kennedy Copy Share Image
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The main characteristic of Nature's farming can therefore be summed up in a few words. Mother earth never attempts to farm without… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My mother often mailed me articles from 'Reader's Digest' about advances in DNA chemistry. No matter how I tried to explain it… — Kary Mullis Copy Share Image
Of course a woman who decides to work full time as a mother in the home can be happy and deserves full… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
I was brought up to believe that the worst thing you could do was 'call attention to yourself,' or 'think you were… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“Jake knew that his mother had a tendency to mistake rules, her rules, for principles. She did not bend because she did… — E.L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
“My mother always said that you should share your troubles. If you let them out, then they are less likely to burden… — Kinley MacGregor Copy Share Image
Collaborating with the musical genius of our time in some ways with Prince himself - late, great Gerald Levert,all these are forms… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“My mother started school when she was six and stopped the same term. She was unusual in the village, as she had… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
The settler makes history and is conscious of making it. And because he constantly refers to the history of his mother country,… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
It was not easy for my mother, being a struggling actress and raising a child. We were these two sort of vagabonds,… — Christina Applegate Copy Share Image
Education lays a strong foundation. I was keen on films, but my mother insisted on me finding all about the line I… — Vaani Kapoor Copy Share Image
Watching him was like opening the door to a siniging telegram; you know it's supposed to be entertaining, but you can't get… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
I got used to certain things that normal kids don't get used to, like, when my mother went into the kitchen for… — Mariette Hartley Copy Share Image
In one of my secondary schools, the single kindest thing I remember was a teacher who quietly offered to wash the uniform… — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
I grew up as a dancer. I did tap, classical ballet, all of that. I did Indian dancing, or Bharata Natyam, classic… — Roselee Goldberg Copy Share Image
I'm used to very strong women because my mother was particularly strong, and my father was away all the time. My mother… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
But my mother's life was a never-ending round of maintenance. Not one single thing did she ever achieve but that it had… — Jacqueline Kelly Copy Share Image
Rilke has a very bizarre relationship to women because his mother had an older child, a girl who died when she was… — Laura Marling Copy Share Image
I started drawing when I was about 2, mostly pictures of my mother and my sister. When I got into school, instead… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
“If thou art indeed my father, then hast thou stained thy sword in the life-blood of thy son. And thou didst it… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
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My mother and my father were teachers. My grandmother and my grandfather were teachers. This is something I really know about. Even… — Warren Beatty Copy Share Image
My mother told me when I was a toddler and in the crib that they would have music playing, and the thing… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
“Drugs and medical technology can be enormously beneficial when used to take care of real complications, but too often they are abused… — Susan McCutcheon Copy Share Image
Rush like a river from the highest mountain, drink from the fountain and stop your counting. What kind of wine does he… — Trevor Hall Copy Share Image
“Wherever you have come from,” she continued, “whatever you did, whoever you were . . . forget. Kill your past and bury it deep in… — Lesley Livingston Copy Share Image
Now that I am in my forties, she [my mother] tells me I'm beautiful; now that I am in my forties, she… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
My mom and my real father divorced before I was one. My mom and my stepfather divorced when I was in high… — Kenny Chesney Copy Share Image
In short, our response as a party should be to work to solve the crises that produce crisis pregnancies, and work to… — Robert Casey Copy Share Image
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You may lose your wife, you may lose your dog, your mother may hate you. None of those things matter. What matters… — Kevin O'Leary Copy Share Image
Writing is a futile attempt to preserve what disappears moment by moment. All that remains of my mother is what I remember… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image