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In Ethiopia, the black people became Christians 1700 years ago, hundreds of years before Northern Europe turned to Christianity... And here, most of the saints… — Henry Louis Gates
And we love to dance, especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you stands still while the Southern part… — Dick Gregory
When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is… — Quentin Crisp
I see Canada as a country torn between a very northern, rather extraordinary, mystical spirit which it fears and its desire to present itself to… — Robertson Davies
I'm the most unromantic lump of Northern suet. Yes, a woman did accost me once in South Shields, but she had a face like Red… — Les Dawson
My father's people... are from Fairfax in northern Virginia, just across the Mason-Dixon line. So it was an honour to play Lee, he was a… — Robert Duvall
The Arctic is an ocean. The southern pole is a continent surrounded by ocean. The North Pole is an ocean, or northern waters. It's an… — Sylvia Earle
What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since the overwhelming majority of people… — Queen Elizabeth II
Growing up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect for the outdoors. When I lived in Oakland, we would… — Tom Hanks
My point is there's a hidden Scotland in anyone who speaks the Northern Ireland speech. It's a terrific complicating factor, not just in Northern Ireland,… — Seamus Heaney
Accordingly the Northern races of Europe found their inspiration in the Bible; and the enthusiasm for it has not yet quite faded away. — Lafcadio Hearn
I have a great map of the Tibesti Mountains in the southern Sahara or Northern Chad. It's a dream of mine to go there, but… — Werner Herzog
Is France a northern European export powerhouse, or a Mediterranean indebted and dependent economy? Yes to both. — Francois Hollande
France is the bridge between northern Europe and southern Europe. I refuse any division. If Europe has been reunified, it's not for it to then… — Francois Hollande
In coming to that agreement, my party had a clear philosophy throughout. In Northern Ireland, we should have institutions that respected the differences of the… — John Hume
Except on their southern borders the great northern forests are not good as a permanent home for man. — Ellsworth Huntington
My father was a civil servant in northern India where I was born. As a boy I saw the dire effects of poverty and illiteracy,… — Naveen Jain
Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm. — John F. Kennedy
Hypersegregated inner-city schools - in which one finds no more than five or ten white children, at the very most, within a student population of… — Jonathan Kozol
Northern Sweden holds a special kind of magic. It's cold, lonely, and the people are tough and silent, or so the stereotype says. This is… — Camilla Lackberg
It is virtually impossible to control Northern Kenya, which is populated chiefly by migrant nomads. — Richard Leakey
I think the Northern Ireland accent is one of the most beautiful in the world. — Colum McCann
I'm from Santa Cruz in Northern California, and the 49ers were my dad and I's bonding time. — Marisa Miller
The States which form the northern border of the United States westward from the Great Lakes to the Pacific coast include an area several times… — John Moody
There is the myth that writing books for children is easier than writing books for grownups, whereas we know that truly great books for children… — Michael Morpurgo

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