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“Never be proud for what you are or the position you hold, because after a game of chess, the king & the pawns go into the same box.” – A Fante (Ghanaian) saying |
26 Jan, 2012
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“I think all African taxi-drivers, we all must have the same mother, because we look and drive the same.” – Musings from my taxi driver in Ghana. |
8 January, 2012
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“You hate the fact that you bought the dream when they sold you one.” – Drake |
1 January 2012
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“Can’t you feel a brand new day?” – Diane and Michael and the cast of The Wiz |
19 November, 2011
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“The days has eyes, but the night has ears.” – A Macedonian cab driver in Alaska. |
11 November, 2011
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“Lions. You know, like in front of a museum or a post office. You know, concrete lions. My house has lions. Get a house with lions.” – Prologue to Sanchez’s book. |
5 November, 2011
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“When will you learn to see. When will you learn to take sides.” – The final lines of Marat/Sade. |
29 October, 2011
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“Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.” – Shakespeare (As You Like It) as quoted by Don King in Kinshasa, Zaire 1974. |
13 October, 2011
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“Attempt great things for God.” – Written in a pew at Westminster Abbey. |
25 September, 2011
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Ìyàwó àkófé kì í rá’hùn okó, òkèlè àkóbù kì í rá’hùn obè (A man’s first wife never complains of neglect from the penis, the first morsel never complains of insufficient sauce)
– a Yoruba saying |