"In America there is a public library in……" — George Weah
"In America there is a public library in every community. How many public libraries are there in Africa? Every day there are new books coming out and new ideas being discussed. But these new books and ideas don't reach Africa and we are being left behind."
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22 Quotes by George Weah
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My father died when I was young and I was raised by my grandmother, Emma Klonjlaleh Brown. We could afford…
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I will go on my knees and ask the Liberian people to participate in bringing peace and stability to our…
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It can't be Sunday every day. There are also Mondays and Tuesdays.
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They say I do not have the qualifications to be president, that I do not have education. Well, I would…
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I can see in your eyes, I can see in your faces, I can see you cry. But what I…
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Once you take care of people, people respect you.
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I believe education should be a right for every child, but tragically in many parts of world it is a…
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Football has been good to me. Everyone has their destiny, but you have to make use of the opportunities. I…
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When I was growing up in Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, I sold doughnuts, popcorn and Kool Aid every day…
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If I say I am not a politician, it is because I did not go to school to do political…
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I am always successful in my work.
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I ask Liberians to pray so that God will bring peace and stability, and bring about unification to ourselves.
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I thought 'Out of Africa' would be a beautiful ballet.
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On Saturday, I was a surgeon in South Africa, very little known. On Monday, I was world renowned.
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I fell in love with Africa and began helping people fix things there.
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Our foreign policy has made a wreck of this planet. I'm always in Africa... And when I go to these…
— Harry Belafonte
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It is easy to romanticize poverty, to see poor people as inherently lacking agency and will. It is easy to…
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The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single…
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In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more…
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— Art Blakey
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