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Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

We do not control the trade of our resources, which are an important factor of prosperity for the dominant nations. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

But it is important to observe that when Europe or the United Nations impose sanctions that are supposed to be aimed against a certain regime, usually generally millions of people end up being directly punished. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Jack White

I was in a Montessori school. There was a drum circle with all the kids passing around a little bongo drum. I was the last person in the circle, and when it got to me I played 'Shave and a Haircut, Two Bits' - in front of all the parents. Blew the crowd away at five years old. — Jack White

Bongo Quotes By Anonymous

Look, if you're going to insist that I've taught you something, I guess I should give you a final exam." "Really?" "One question." "Sure." "Go look at an electron microscope photograph of an atom, okay? Don't just glance at it. It is very important that you examine it very closely. Think about what it means." "Okay." "And then answer this question. Does it make your heart flutter?" "Does it make my heart flutter?" "Yes or no. It's a yes or no question. No equations allowed." "All right, I'll let you know." "Don't be dense. I don't need to know. You need to know. This exam is self-graded. And it's not the answer that counts, it's what you do with the information." We locked eyes. His younger face flashed in my mind. The energetic, smiling bongo drum player I had seen pictured in the front of his book, The Feynman Lectures on Physics. A question popped from my lips. — Anonymous

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

But since independence, Gabon is one of the few countries in Central Africa that enjoys peace and stability. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

From the time of independences until the end of the Cold War, in spite of the participation of a considerable number of African states in the non-aligned movement, everyone in fact chose to align with one or another of the two major blocks. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

The introduction of political pluralism often quickly led to bad results. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By James Gleick

Architect of quantum theories, brash young group leader on the atomic bomb project, inventor of the ubiquitous Feynman diagram, ebullient bongo player and storyteller, Richard Phillips Feynman was the most brilliant, iconoclastic, and influential physicist of modern times. — James Gleick

Bongo Quotes By Charles Bukowski

Marvin bongo drums and a piano and some grass — Charles Bukowski

Bongo Quotes By Chloe Thurlow

We are drawn to repetition. We can watch the tide rolling for hours into shore. The clouds skittering across the sky. We can listen to the pulsing beat of bongo drums and are drawn magnetically to the slap, slap, slap of a girl being chastised. The human is a mystery, even too himself. — Chloe Thurlow

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

Because the world is in economic recession, which worsened since this drama happened, and our country will bear the burden of all of these consequences. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

Do not forget that the Arab countries, starting with Algeria and Egypt, are the ones that have paid the heaviest toll because of Islamic terror. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By CM Punk

One week I'll get pancakes at Bongo Room, the next week I go to Kuma's Corner. But I always end up at Coldstone. I love ice cream. — CM Punk

Bongo Quotes By Ashley Rickards

I have no idea what a high school party looks like. I was just with my friend, and we were walking down Venice and there was this gathering of people playing Bongo drums, and so after dinner we sat down with them and played Bongo drums for a while. That's the closest thing I've gotten to a high school experience, meeting strangers and just hanging out with them. — Ashley Rickards

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point - if not a commodity - of political groups aiming to rise to power. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

The free market economy is supposed to be the only path leading to the happiness of humanity by promoting wealth and prosperity, power and influence of nations. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

The world is now aware that the most unavoidable and most dangerous weapon that exists is the blind decisiveness of a man ready to sacrifice his life for an obscure cause. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

Information on the Internet must be as free as in the newspapers. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

It is important to stress: Africa is also a victim of the September 11 attacks. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

In spite of our poverty and our economic dependence, we do not have to give in, neither because we are sometimes abandoned nor because of the wish of some nations to impose their economic or political models. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

I'm not aiming for the Nobel Peace Prize! — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Richard P. Feynman

It is odd, but on the infrequent occasions when I have been called upon in a formal place to play the bongo drums, the introducer never seems to find it necessary to mention that I also do theoretical physics. — Richard P. Feynman

Bongo Quotes By Peter York

Pop managers are fixed in the dramatic stock character repertoire too, ever since the first British pop film musical, Wolf Mankowitz's 'Expresso Bongo' of 1959, with Cliff Richard as Bongo Herbert and Laurence Harvey as his manager. The key components were cast as X parts gay, X parts Jewish and triple X opportunistic. — Peter York

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

Therefore, every country has to understand that fighting against international terrorism is not for the sake of the United States, but for the sake of themselves, and, to a larger extent, in the name of stability of international relations. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

The African Union has to act in order to put an end to armed conflicts that undermine the continent, to fight against the devastation caused by AIDS and other contagious diseases, to promote sustainable development of its member states. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

But the Western countries that link their partnership with the poorest countries with respect for democracy also have to consider that they have obligations towards these countries. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

The most powerful State in the world, which up to now was relatively protected from terrorist violence, is no longer an inviolable sanctuary. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

Instead of ideological objectives of a political nature, today we are faced with ideological objectives of economic nature. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Emma Cameron

Bongo's sobs are hurled out
like paintballs from a skirmish gun
until the force diminishes
into a trickle of sobs
that wind up the exorcism. — Emma Cameron

Bongo Quotes By Omar Bongo

When they favor the access of other people to education and health care, the countries of the North not only demonstrate generosity or solidarity, but also implement the principles of respecting and promoting human rights. — Omar Bongo

Bongo Quotes By Don Henley

Sharper than a serpents tongue, tighter than a bongo drum, quicker than a one night stand, slicker than a mambo band. — Don Henley