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- My parents never referenced Ethiopia that much, largely because of the circumstances under which we left. We left during a time of political upheaval, and…
- Ethnic divisions can definitely be exacerbated by a lack of natural resources, but those tensions become violent when people manipulate them for their own political…
- Writers, especially those of us with roots in other countries, are rarely left to ourselves. We are asked to declare our allegiances, or they are…
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- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
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- Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
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- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
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