Ugandans In Diaspora Quotes & Sayings

Most people are defined by their titles, their cars, their house, where they came from, their color, their race, their religion. And so it's up to you to take control of your own life and define you. As long as you understand who you are and you have a solid foundation of understanding what your talents are, what your skills are. — Stedman Graham

The aim of the college, for the individual student, is to eliminate the need in his life for the college; the task is to help him become a self-educating man. — George Horace Lorimer

Oh great, you too. So now I wear this label 'Queer' emblazoned across my chest. Or I could always carve a scarlet 'L' on my forehead. Why does everyone have to put you in a box and nail the lid on it? I don't know what I am - polymorphous and perverse. Shit. I don't even know if I'm white. I'm me. That's all I am and all I want to be. Do I have to be something? — Rita Mae Brown

Overall, I was extremely impressed with the fashion scene that Stockholm has to offer, both on and off the runways. — Aslaug Magnusdottir

On the phone
Bookseller: Hello Ripping Yarns.
Customer: Do you have any mohair wool?
Bookseller: Sorry, we're not a yarns shop, we're a bookshop.
Customer: You're called Ripping Yarns.
Bookseller: Yes, that's 'yarns' as in stories.
Customer: Well it's a stupid name.
Bookseller: It's a Monty Python reference.
Customer: So you don't sell wool?
Bookseller: No.
Customer: Hmf. Ridiculous.
Bookseller: ... but we do sell dead parrots.
Customer: What?
Bookseller: Parrots. Dead. Extinct. Expired. Would you like one?
Customer: Erm, no.
Bookseller: Ok, well if you change your mind, do call back. — Jen Campbell

Part of me looks at the gay movement now and worries that we're losing our individuality. — Boy George

I've been cushioned against having to work, with Rocky's continual bounty. — Richard O'Brien

We have room but for one Language here and that is the English Language, for we intend to see that the crucible turns our people out as Americans of American nationality and not as dwellers in a polyglot boarding-house. — Theodore Roosevelt

For as long as I can remember I wanted to be a professional hockey player. — Mario Lemieux

My forehead is sometimes too high, but bangs could correct this. — Marie Windsor

I ain't seen a herd the size of it, not even when the Scots drive the beeves down from Scotland to London. — Bernard Cornwell

When you meet God in the story of Jesus. You get swept up into a story of such cosmic drama and beauty that you are forever changed. — J.D. Greear

Chris Hughton has been sacked by Norwich. Now? With 5 games to go? Utterly bonkers! — Gary Lineker