William Kamkwamba Quotes

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• I went to sleep dreaming of Malawi, and all the things made possible when your dreams are powered by your heart.
• Don't insult me today just because I'm poor, you don't know what my future holds!
• BEFORE I DISCOVERED THE miracles of science, magic ruled the world.
• Trust Yourself and Believe, Whatever Happens Don't Give Up...
• I looked at my father and looked at those dry fields [in Malawi]. It was the future I couldn't accept.
• I would tell most young people that in life you can go through many difficulties, but if you know what you want to do, if…
• One thing that has helped me to become patient and cool is that I grew up with sisters.
• My voice sounded like one of the guinea fowl that screeched in our trees as it pooped, but I never let that stop me.
• I will always be looking back at the things I've gone through, thinking of the struggling people I've seen.
• I want to build a machine that can drill wells for water. With this problem of water in many places in Africa, we need to…
• People in my village had this mindset that in big cities like New York, if you are lost or without directions, no one will help…
• Me and my cousin, most of the time we worked on radios and fixed them. I guess we started because I was curious to understand…
• Clean water and power is our right as humans on this earth, and for too long, our governments in Africa have failed to provide these…
• Climate change is important to Malawi, but many people see alternative energy more as a means to skip the government and get electricity and power.…

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