"I want to build a machine that can……" — William Kamkwamba
"I want to build a machine that can drill wells for water. With this problem of water in many places in Africa, we need to find a solution for how you can dig wells so you can be pumping water from deeper places."
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William Kamkwamba
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14 Quotes by William Kamkwamba
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I went to sleep dreaming of Malawi, and all the things made possible when your dreams are powered by your…
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Don't insult me today just because I'm poor, you don't know what my future holds!
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BEFORE I DISCOVERED THE miracles of science, magic ruled the world.
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Trust Yourself and Believe, Whatever Happens Don't Give Up...
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I looked at my father and looked at those dry fields [in Malawi]. It was the future I couldn't accept.
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I would tell most young people that in life you can go through many difficulties, but if you know what…
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One thing that has helped me to become patient and cool is that I grew up with sisters.
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My voice sounded like one of the guinea fowl that screeched in our trees as it pooped, but I never…
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I will always be looking back at the things I've gone through, thinking of the struggling people I've seen.
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People in my village had this mindset that in big cities like New York, if you are lost or without…
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Me and my cousin, most of the time we worked on radios and fixed them. I guess we started because…
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Clean water and power is our right as humans on this earth, and for too long, our governments in Africa…
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