Piccolini Gerbera Quotes & Sayings

For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent. The white man arrogated to himself the right to rule and to be obeyed by the non-white; his mission, he claimed, was to "civilize" Africa. Under this cloak, the Europeans robbed the continent of vast riches and inflicted unimaginable suffering on the African people. — Kwame Nkrumah

The walk-off win provides one of baseball's most thrilling outbursts, launching a couple dozen tense teammates out of the dugout into a frenzied mosh pit of elation. — Dirk Lammers

All of us show many faces to the world. No one shows her true face all of the time. To do that would be dangerous, for what is seen can also be known. — Cameron Dokey

wonder, then, at the disciples' joy? Once they understood where Jesus was going and why He was going there, the only appropriate response was celebration. They danced back to Jerusalem. His physical presence was gone, but His spiritual and political presence was enhanced. His words console his "absent" bride: "And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the — R.C. Sproul

Success breeds success on a marathon route. If you can prove to yourself that you are doing well, then invariably you will do even better. — Phil Hewitt

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Roarke." Eyes watering, she reached for more tissue. "Jesus, Eve. Jesus Christ, you never sleep with anybody. And you're telling me you slept with Roarke?"
"That's not precisely accurate. We didn't sleep. — J.D. Robb

A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book. — Moliere

You are not crazy. You are just ready to change. — Nnedi Okorafor

But every so often I look at Tobias, and he looks back at me, like we're passing fear back and forth between us. — Veronica Roth

It used to be said that by a certain age a man had the face that he deserved. Nowadays, he has the face he can afford. — Martin Amis

I have many, many editions of the books, and they are all rather different. In the end, the one I used was the most recent French translation. French suits the tales well, and it's a beautiful translation. The Italian one is good as well ... English has fallen short. — Marina Warner