"I lost my childhood. I didn't play football……" — Emmanuel Jal
"I lost my childhood. I didn't play football or video games. Or have birthdays or the love of a family."
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40 Quotes by Emmanuel Jal
Emmanuel Jal has 40 quotes on this site.
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Peace may be negotiated by politicians, but it is something written in hearts and minds not on pieces of paper
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Music is actually where I see heaven.
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The worst people on earth are not only those who commit evil, but those who stand by and turn a…
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To tell my story, to touch lives.
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Knife crime and gun crime is poverty-driven, and poverty leads to insecurity.
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I still have nightmares of dead comrades, a long time ago, talking to me. 'Emmanuel, don't forget about us, don't…
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I grew up in poverty. For 25 years I was fed on aid.
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I'm rapping in English but in an African way. I'm not trying to sound like an American.
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Only a coward will use a gun to protect and get respect for themselves.
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I'm constantly seen as a 'foreigner,' and I need my passport to prove my identity, to keep moving and to…
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In Africa, you know, if you're poor, at least you can go to the forest and share some mangoes with…
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If you really kill, you don't want to talk about it.
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More Birthdays Quotes
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Great dad. Yeah, he would ask me for money on birthdays and, you know, inappropriate times. And I just wrote…
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I like to go to anybody else's birthday, and if I'm invited I'm a good guest. But I never celebrate…
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The main prank that we play with props is for people's birthdays. The special effects people will put a little…
— Catherine Bell
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At her birthday, my seven-year-old daughter will say that she wants these big cakes and certain expensive toys as presents,…
— Goran Ivanisevic
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I remember the day I started school; my mother's tears as I skipped away; birthdays with candles on the cake,…
— Francis Norris, 1st Earl of Berkshire
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On Valentine's Day, millions of men give millions of women flowers, cards and candy as a heartfelt expression of the…
— Dave Barry
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But, the truth is and we can argue about whether this is right or not as long as we want…
— Cokie Roberts
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Fly free and happy beyond birthdays and across forever, and we'll meet now and then when we wish, in the…
— Richard Bach
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I grabbed a pile of dust, and holding it up, foolishly asked for as many birthdays as the grains of…
— Ovid
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The reason I met my husband was because I remembered a friend's birthday. The moral of the story is: Remember…
— Julianna Margulies
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I loved the domesticity of my life as a struggling actor. When I wasn't going to auditions, I could do…
— Jenna Fischer
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I hate birthdays. I thought that I only hated my own birthday, and then I realized that I hate my…
— Samantha Bee
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