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When material comes to me, I don't care where it's coming from. Japan, Singapore, China, Africa... it could be from everywhere. The material should excite me. It's not important where it's coming from.

~Aamir Khan

Topics: Africa Care China Coming Could Everywhere Excite Important Japan Material Me Should Singapore Where

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In committing an estimated 3,000 U.S. forces to join international Ebola relief efforts in West Africa, President Obama seems to be fulfilling the plans of highly influential progressive groups who seek to transform the American military into more of a social-work organization.

~Aaron Klein

Topics: Africa American Committing Efforts Estimated Forces Fulfilling Groups Highly Influential International Join Military More Obama Organization Plans President President Obama Progressive Relief Seek Seems Transform West Who

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I have always had great respect for former president Mandela. The personal sacrifices he made in order to achieve what was right for the people of South Africa is something I carry with me every day.

~Aaron Schock

Topics: Achieve Africa Always Carry Day Every Every Day For The People Former Great Great Respect Had He Made Mandela Me Order People Personal President Respect Right Sacrifices Something South South Africa

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We will win the battle for Africa, which is in effect a battle for Humanity.

~Abdoulaye Wade

Topics: Africa Battle Effect Humanity Which Will Win

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People say that slaves were taken from Africa. This is not true: People were taken from Africa, among them healers and priests, and were made into slaves.

~Abdullah Ibrahim

Topics: Africa Among Healers Made People People Say Priests Say Slaves Taken Them True Were

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The biggest problem in South Africa is that we have a disrupted timeline. Historically, politically, spiritually, economically, in people's minds, in people's heads.

~Abdullah Ibrahim

Topics: Africa Biggest Biggest Problem Economically Heads Historically Minds People Politically Problem South South Africa Spiritually Timeline

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The man who could go to Africa and rob her of her children, and then sell them into interminable bondage, with no other motive than that which is furnished by dollars and cents, is so much worse than the most depraved murderer that he can never receive pardon at my hand.

~Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Africa Bondage Cents Children Could Dollars Furnished Go Hand He Her Man Most Motive Much Never Other Pardon Receive Rob Sell Than Them Then Which Who Worse

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All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.

~Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Africa Armies Asia Blue Chest Combined Commander Could Drink Earth Europe Force Make Military Ohio Our Own Take Thousand Thousand Years Track Treasure Trial Years

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I wanted to wash off the experience of Africa but obviously I couldn't because that's who I was.

~Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

Topics: Africa Because Experience Obviously Off Wanted Wash Who

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If I hadn't left South Africa, I felt I was at risk of being pigeonholed. I looked around and saw actors who, 10 to 15 years into their careers, were still playing stereotypical Afrikaans characters, stereotyped Indian characters. That was not something that I wanted for myself.

~Adhir Kalyan

Topics: Actor Africa Around Being Careers Characters Felt Indian Left Looked Myself Pigeonholed Playing Risk Saw Something South South Africa Stereotypical Still Wanted Were Who Years

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