Darfuri Quotes & Sayings

We invest in things like the future, like our children, like education. In other words, we invest in things that we understand we will not see an immediate return of investment but everybody knows it will have a positive impact and you can easily measure it over the course of time. Your why is exactly the same thing. — Simon Sinek

I ache not from need -
but from my heart's gluttony of you. — Muse

I did not need him to survive. He inspired me to find that strength in myself. — Chrissy Moon

Change, create, inspire. Dreams really do work. — John Paul DeJoria

I missed a fight tonight," he said. "Adam called. I didn't go. "
"Why?" I said, turning to face him.
"I wanted to make sure you got home. — Jamie McGuire

Stand up! Don't ever give up on this bitchy life.
Feel afraid is okay, but don't avoid competition.
You've done that thing even since you're a sperm.
You accept this and you are the surviving winner. — Toba Beta

I also call my family and see what's going on with them before I start my day with interviews, rehearsals, or anything else. I just want to do everything well and still be there for my husband and children. I am so grateful for my family because they are so understanding. I can't take all of the credit; it's a team effort. — Heather Headley

What's really interesting, though, is that some people in the Messirya are starting to see Darfuri rebels - so non-Arab, [from the] Justice and Equality Movement - have moved over into Southern Kordofan, which is supposed to be a Messirya stronghold, and started recruiting Messirya to go and fight against the Khartoum government in Darfur. Just another example of how everything in Sudan is interlinked. — Rebecca Hamilton

Bruner discusses the need for teachers to understand that children should want to study for study's own sake, for learnings's sake, not for the sake of good grades or examination success. The curriculum should, in other words, be interesting. (Yes, it sounds too obvious even to say, but sometimes the emphasis on content has trumped all other considerations, including that of making learning interesting.) — Gary Thomas

I can't control life for my grandchildren, so how could I control a story? Sometimes I try to force something, and after working and working on that chapter, I realise that I am swimming against the current. I will never get there. So I have to let go of whatever previous idea I had about it and let the characters decide. — Isabel Allende

I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a temporary license to exist, in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government. It doesn't own you. — Frank Zappa

Blood pounded in Ruth's ears. She had never felt weaker or more confused. This was the moment she'd been living for, but the only thought she could muster was that her mother had not been Phyllis, as she'd been told, but Phoebe. The — Anita Diamant

The heroes of ancient Greece wept more often than our silly, sentimental modern women. They knew it did no good to hold it back. Our ideal is the impassive courage of a statue. Unnecessary. Be sad and then you'll soon be over it. — Erich Maria Remarque

Every life has a love story, even though the beloved may be imaginary, or a cat. — Mason Cooley

If you focus on near-term growth above all else, you miss the most important question you should be asking: will this business still be around a decade from now? — Peter Thiel