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In their pursuit of growth and diversification, African economies should consider transforming the discourse from a focus on industrialisation to a broader one centred on value addition in agriculture, manufacturing, and services.

~Arancha Gonzalez

Topics: Addition African Agriculture Broader Consider Discourse Diversification Economies Focus Growth Manufacturing Pursuit Services Should Transforming Value

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The focus of our public discourse has been on how American companies are competing with Japanese, German, and other foreign companies. What this allows us to ignore is how each of those American companies is really in competition with the families of the workers. That's the real competition.

~Arlie Russell Hochschild

Topics: American Been Companies Competing Competition Discourse Each Families Focus Foreign German How Ignore Japanese Other Our Public Real Really Those Us Workers

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I proceed with the proper subject of this discourse; namely, the further changes in scientific belief, which have occurred within my own recollection, even since the time when I first aspired to authorship, now forty- five years ago.

~Asa Gray

Topics: Aspired Authorship Belief Changes Discourse Even First Five Forty Further My Own Namely Now Occurred Own Proceed Proper Recollection Scientific Since Subject Time Which Within Years Years Ago

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I'm a storyteller. I feel like the issue of discourse is an important one because there's a lot of political and ideological discourse that goes around, and we relate to that on an intellectual level.

~Ayad Akhtar

Topics: Around Because Discourse Feel Goes Ideological Important Intellectual Issue Level Like Lot Political Relate Storyteller I Feel I Feel Like

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I had to read Plato and Kant, and at times I was overwhelmed. But I have always been fearless, and so was Hannah Arendt. She wasn't afraid to speak out when she knew her opinions would not be popular because she believed in the public discourse above all.

~Barbara Sukowa

Topics: Above Afraid Always Because Been Believed Discourse Fearless Had Hannah Her Knew Opinions Out Overwhelmed Plato Popular Public Read She Speak Times Would

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Racial profiling punishes innocent individuals for the past actions of those who look and sound like them. It misdirects crucial resources and undercuts the trust needed between law enforcement and the communities they serve. It has no place in our national discourse, and no place in our nation's police departments.

~Benjamin Todd Jealous

Topics: Actions Between Communities Crucial Departments Discourse Enforcement Individuals Innocent Law Law Enforcement Like Look Nation National Needed Our Past Place Police Profiling Racial Resources Serve Sound Them Those Trust Who

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A lot of people who voted for Barack Obama expected and were led to expect something new in politics: a new tone of political discourse in Washington. And I think - I think they're disappointed, because Barack Obama is not a new kind of politician. In fact, he's an old Chicago politician.

~Bernard Goldberg

Topics: Barack Barack Obama Because Chicago Disappointed Discourse Expect Expected Fact He In Fact Kind Led Lot New New Kind Obama Old People Political Politician Politics Something Something New Think Tone Voted Washington Were Who I Think

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What I really like about law is that it's not an endless discourse like history or philosophy. In law, there comes a point where problems have to be solved, and cases decided.

~Bernhard Schlink

Topics: About Cases Decided Discourse Endless History Law Like Philosophy Point Problems Really Solved Where

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I have and I will always work to promote a civil public discourse.

~Bob Etheridge

Topics: Always Civil Discourse Promote Public Will Work

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Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination.

~Bryant H. Mcgill

Topics: Actions Discourse Fruit Life Where Wise

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