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As a young boy, I had strange dreams of affecting people and somehow being instrumental in changing the makeup of Africa and helping to improve life there.

~Djimon Hounsou

Topics: Affecting Africa Being Boy Changing Dreams Had Helping Improve Instrumental Life Makeup People Somehow Strange Young

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One of the things I find extremely challenging about the continent of Africa is that when the immediate needs and the social needs of people are not met, that kills dreams, and it's all about survival.

~Djimon Hounsou

Topics: About Africa Challenging Continent Dreams Extremely Find Immediate Met Needs One Of The Things People Social Survival Things

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When most people in the West think about Africa, is their first thought about the game reserves and who's chasing gazelles, or are they looking at Africans as people who are equally equipped to do great things, as in the West?

~Djimon Hounsou

Topics: About Africa African Chasing Equally Equipped First Game Great Great Things Looking Most People Reserves Things Think Thought West Who

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I've got fans and letters from Israel, France Germany, Sweden, London, Africa. They all saying pretty much the same thing, 'Yo, we love you, we need you, put some more music out, please!'

~Dmx

Topics: Africa Fans France Germany Got Israel Letters London Love Love You More Much Music Need Out Please Pretty Put Same Same Thing Saying Some Sweden Thing You

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I'd like to go on a hardcore safari in Africa, something off the beaten track with anti-poaching people and camping out in the savannah.

~Dominic Monaghan

Topics: Africa Beaten Camping Go Hardcore Like Off Out People Savannah Something Track

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I did do an American pilot, but it wasn't shot in America, it was shot in South Africa. It was called 'The Philanthropist,' and it was for NBC.

~Dominique Mcelligott

Topics: Africa America American Did Nbc Philanthropist Pilot Shot South South Africa

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If people in this country think of Africa as a place with kids and flies swarming around their heads, then they won't understand that these people are you and you are them.

~Don Cheadle

Topics: Africa Around Country Flies Heads Kids People Place Them Then Think Understand You

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Any atrocity that's committed against one person affects us all, and we are becoming more of one society, of a global society, so something that happens in the Middle East or something that happens in Africa, something that happens in Asia, affects all of us.

~Don Lemon

Topics: Affects Africa Against Any Asia Atrocity Becoming Committed East Global Happens Middle Middle East More Person Society Something Us

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With a tennis racket strapped tightly to her hiking pack, Martina Navratilova began her ascent of Mount Kilimanjaro. The tennis legend had visions of celebrating at the summit of Africa's highest peak by hitting a couple balls to see how far they might fly in the thin air at 19,341 feet.

~Don Yaeger

Topics: Africa Air Ascent Balls Began Celebrating Couple Far Feet Fly Had Her Highest Hiking Hitting How How Far Legend Might Mount Pack Peak Racket See Summit Tennis Thin Tightly Visions

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I've been all over the world. I've been to Japan, Africa, Morocco, everywhere. Heck yeah, I would go to Ireland. Why not?

~Donald Cerrone

Topics: Africa Been Everywhere Go Heck Ireland Japan Morocco Over Why Why Not World Would Yeah

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