Africa Quote by John Rhys-Davies Download Open image “A solitary child growing up in Africa, you're really quite dependent on books.” — John Rhys-Davies ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Africa Book Books Child Children Dependent Growing Growing up Quite Really Solitary Up You
I wouldn't mind my book being called an African novel if it didn't invite lazy readings. — Taiye Selasi Copy Share Image
There are many little ways to enlarge your child's world. Love of books is the best of all. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think of children's books as not so much for children, but as the filling that goes between the child world and the adult… — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
if a book is not good enough for a grownup, it is not good enough for a child. — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I wrote my first book without being to Ethiopia since I was two years old. — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
I never read a single book as a child. I did not read as a child. I worked on the farm. I had books… — Story Musgrave Copy Share Image
If you're a particular kind of kid who hasn't found your tribe, which most of us don't until later, that's what books become. — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
Reading has always been life unwrapped to me, a way of understanding the world and understanding myself through both the unknown and the everyday.… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Books, to the reading child, are so much more than books-they are dreams and knowledge, they are a future, and a past. — Esther Meynell Copy Share Image
In the film world, we can all be heroes. In the real world, where heroism can cost you your life or the life of… — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
I think your children are your measure of success, regardless of work and career. — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
When you get back to fundamental questions - 'Why should anything exist?' A, I'm not sure what the answer is in terms of the… — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
When I looked further into my mother's history, I realised that her anxieties and her neuroses could be accounted for by facts from a… — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
The most despised sector of Hollywood are the writers. A good writer is quickly promoted to a 'concept man' - and then a producer… — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
I enjoy acting. It's not that I begin to think I'm getting better. I now fully know that I've made no improvement whatsoever since… — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
I've always been attracted to films which explore the qualities of courage. — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
Hollywood is a far safer place to work than working abroad, because of the skill level, and because of the safety considerations that experience… — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
I think 'The Lost World' could've been a successful movie except for the fact that it pre-dated the good special effects and computer graphics. — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
Once you've got a child to the point that they've discovered books, they're safe. There's a world of the imagination that when they're hurt… — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
If I had a bloody tattoo for every film I'd done, I'd be a walking billboard. — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
Africa, being the major target of colonial plunder, therefore becomes a major source of conflict. — Gerald Horne Copy Share Image
I'm in 'Madagascar 2.' I'm Testy the Lion. The franchise moves to Africa, and Bernie Mac is also in the film. I loved working… — Tom Lister, Jr Copy Share Image
There's a place in Botswana where there are 100,000 elephants living in a single population. Think of the amount of space they need. Remember,… — Patrick Bergin Copy Share Image
If you followed the media you'd think that everybody in Africa was starving to death, and that's not the case; so it's important to… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
In Africa, animals and the natural landscape allow local communities to support themselves, as there is a constant source of money from tourism. — David Lidington Copy Share Image
My mom is from Ghana, and my dad is from Detroit, so I would go back and forth to Africa a lot. — Sam Richardson Copy Share Image
I've never been invited to do an exhibition or do a talk in England, except once, about 10 years ago. I've given talks all… — Brian Wildsmith Copy Share Image
I represent my country, but I also represent the continent of Africa when I play in Europe. That's why it's important to try to… — Yaya Toure Copy Share Image
What we need in South Africa is for egos to be suppressed in favour of peace. We need to create a new breed of… — Chris Hani Copy Share Image
