All Quotes

"The BDP has changed. Primaries used to be fair and there were minimal appeals. Things were done in good principle. Currently there is fraud, too much cheating and scheming."

"We paid P2 500 and P5 000 for council and parliamentary elections respectively, why can’t the money finance such activities?"

"Shackleton was a tenacious man, no doubt, but his is a captivating story fit for Hollywood. But it is not a story fit to draw leadership lessons from."

"We confuse a good story for good leadership."

"The leaders we celebrate are the leaders we learn from. In other words, appearing to be a good leader rather than actually being one is the path to fame and promotion today."

"We have to learn to ignore the captains of crisis, the Shackletons, those who are lurching from one dramatic circumstance to another."

"Good leaders boast a mastery of their environment, a mastery gained by dedicated study, self-reflection, and a tenacious gathering of experience."

"When almighty God thinks fit to reveal future events, he generally expresses them in obscure terms that leave the meaning more or less uncertain. This seems to be done in order to prevent the daring presumption of some men, who might attempt, if the prophecies were clear, to obstruct and hinder their accomplishment. Others of mankind of a more timorous disposition, would be alarmed and over much terrified at disasters which they foresaw were impending upon them. On another hand, if futurity was clearly foretold, it might seem to intrench upon that liberty, which God had been pleased to grant to man, of directing his own conduct and actions. For these reasons, the generality of prophecies are covered with a veil of darkness and uncertainty. Obscurity is therefore a general characteristic of prophecy."

"You have to be fierce as an actor. It’s not the actor’s job to be interesting; that’s the script’s job. It’s our job to be truthful and brave."

"So often in films there are two ways a female can be portrayed: either innocent and virginal or the complete opposite. You never have the middle ground, and I was really keen to portray a realistic, honest approach of who I think a young woman would be in this situation – strong and independent."

"It was a good 10 hours in the makeup chair, and then I’d go and do a 12-hour day on set, and the makeup artist, Sarah Rubano, who was incredible, would constantly be touching me up and making sure my contacts were all right and all those sorts of things."

"I think the film serves as a love letter to anyone who is struggling in Zimbabwe right now"

"Let me correct the misplaced idea and belief carried by the honourable member. My Ministry has more money than anybody to generate adequate power and water. Therefore the question to reserve the ESP money particularly for the current power and water shortages does not arise."

"It does not take one or two years to accomplish the projects. The infrastructure required is big. The projects therefore are a long term initiatives."

"We had hoped that the much celebrated ESP money would be channeled into the power and water projects to bring stability into the economy. There cannot be any development without these basic essentials."

"Our industries terribly need power and water supplies. We had hoped the ESP will bring normalcy into the acute situation."

"We have engaged a team of experts to fix the problem; I can assure Batswana that we will go into the winter season with adequate power supply. I am not shaken by what is being said, the plant is going to work and serve Batswana efficiently. We will make sure that by the end of April the two boilers will be working efficiently. We have come a long way, people should relax."

"these power cuts are a result of leadership failure, the government made a number of false promises which they never delivered on, we came with a proposal on how this should be addressed. We are feeling the pinch. We have an interest to run this country and we want to find this country in a good state."

"It would be responsible for ensuring sustainable and secure supplies in the regulated sector. Ensuring tariffs in the regulated sector are fixed on the basis of a tariff methodology that has been set up in a transparent manner taking into account government policy on cross subsidies between classes of consumers and setting and maintaining standards."

"It is true that we are slow to connect water in your area because most of the pipes in your area are worn-out whereas many people have moved here. We are pleading with you, if you are able, dig for themselves and we will connect the water as fast as possible. We have failed what we had anticipated or thought we would do for you but that does not mean that the prices will decrease for you, you will still be charged for the services."

"We agree that there is global warming, we agree that it is caused by us human beings and we agree that we need to do something about it, so let's go and do it."

"Climate change is real, nobody can deny that."

"The principle of common but differentiated responsibility must apply."

"Capacitate us, give us the technology and we will be good corporate citizens of the world."

"Somarela Thothi is a project that calls for the reduction of water loss and would be implemented in Gaborone area between now and the end of 2015."

"There is too much usage and waste of water in schools, hospitals and government buildings hence the debate to change building standards."

"If at all water from those dams could make any differences I could have long taken the dams and used the water for consumption. The truth of the matter is that if the rain is not going to rain as it used to seven years ago whether these dams are there or not the water will never reach Gaborone dam."

"When we receive the right amount of rainfall the water will able be to reach Gaborone dam; it’s a fact. But since now because we are faced with drought, we are accusing those dams of interrupting inflows into Gaborone dam."

"On the other hand these small dams assisted us. These dams act as catchment areas for sand. This means the final product that reaches Gaborone dam is largely water and if you go to Gaborone dam now you will realise that the dam is free of sand."

"As it stands I do not have a reason to close those dams."

"When players retire from football, some think they should carry on more but for me I was relieved and happy"

"I started to love football in Bouake when I was younger," he explained. "My oldest brother, he loves football, and he was playing for a team on the street close to the community. After that, my other brother Kolo started playing and I followed his path."

"At that time there were so many boys, seven boys, I started to be dedicated because, for me, the ball was my breathing time.""

"In the beginning it was tough because of the culture, the food, the acclimatisation - I needed to adapt"

"Since I arrived there my head just clicked, I knew I needed to adapt. It took me six or seven months, but I do it."

"As a coach I am really proud to work for Spurs because the path they are giving to the African and Asian coaches, they have been doing it for ages, and it's brilliant. I respect that and I am fully grateful for that."

"My parents raised me to be very free with expressing myself"

"I think it’s been incredible to be able to represent two different cultures that are so rich in their history and very different from each other"

"There are so many mixed babies out there who don’t see themselves represented on TV or in the media or in film"

"Being able to have that light and have this platform has made me very choosy and very picky about roles, what I do, what I say, what I put out on social media."

"I think I carry this responsibility of being one of the voices of this generation, but also being a biracial girl and just kind of carrying the torch for everyone and paving the way"

"I am done holding my tongue to make the oppressor feel comfortable. Peace be with you all who are fighting out there for us in this twisted world"

"I really think it starts with having the conversations and having racism and prejudices and discrimination no longer be a necessary evil in order to just get ahead"

"It starts with everybody having a voice and not being quiet anymore, and having those uncomfortable discussions, because that’s the only way we’re going to rewrite the narrative of this global issue"

"I love acting because I think it’s beautiful to be able to step into other people’s shoes"

"as a person living in the world, you have to be able to open your heart and be vulnerable. Acting does that and I would say acting is really telling the truth"

"It is my job that requires me to bare my soul in front of random strangers on set all day, so I have to have this level of focus that kind of takes me outside of myself"

"I most definitely have faced racism and indifference in this industry and in the world period. However, I’m proud of who I am and I would never ever want to be anyone else but myself"

"I love my brown skin and my Asian eyes. It’s what makes me unique"

"I don’t look at my ethnicity as a setback but more of an asset."