I always wanted to write poetry, even when I was very young. - Ama Ata Aidoo - Quotesmemo.com

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Ama Ata Aidoo

I always wanted to write poetry, even when I was very young.

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Humans, not places, make memories.

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There are powerful forces undermining progress in Africa. But one must never underestimate the power of the people to bring about change.

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Time by itself means nothing, no matter how fast it moves, unless we give it something to carry for us; something we value. Because it is such a precious vehicle, is time.

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For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.

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People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.

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Patti Smith

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The way our big cities change sucks. The beauty of cities was that they were edgy, sometimes even a little dangerous. Artists, poets, and activists could come and unify and create different kinds of scenes. Not just fashion scenes, scenes that were politically active. Big cities are getting so high-end oriented, business corporate fashion, fashion not in an artistic sense but in a corporate sense. For me that edgy beauty of cities is lost, wherever you go.

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Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?

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I want us all to face our fears and stop behaving like our goal in life is to merely survive.

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Ludwig von Mises

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If it is unnecessary to adjust the amount of expenditure to the means available, there is no limit to the spending of the great god State.

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