All Quotes

"We are like the civic infrastructure for Nigeria. We build stuff and people build on top of that."

"We work with four major categories of people. One is digitally active citizens."

"We’re more on the side of citizens and individuals than institutions, definitely. We see ourselves as a platform. Even though we’ve been a long advocate, we increasingly see ourselves as a platform. That we build solutions, data, civic infrastructure."

"And citizens cannot act on the basis of that infrastructure. So take action and do what they’re supposed to do. That’s what it means for us.."

"My sincere interest is to see a Nigeria that grows and optimises resources for the benefits of all Nigerians."

"My loyalty to the good cause of our nation, Nigeria compelled me to accept the call to provide technical skills and this experience has more than strengthened it."

"In 1984... David Bogatin... former pilot in the ... specialty... shooting down Americans over ... plunked... $6 million to buy... five [Trump Tower] luxury condos. ...According to ... Trump personally attended the closing... Russian mobsters were beginning to invest in high-end real estate... an ideal vehicle to launder money..."

"The key goal for us is that our work is centered on evidence. And it’s centered on data.We are not an investigative journalist platform. We just want to make sure that we continue to advocate, or demand, or build strategies for supply of public data. So that’s our first key goal. Getting public data to be held there. As much as we can find. Then also figuring out the way to build platforms to simplify and to ease the access to that level of data. So that’s what’s unique too. We are building this constellation of data, technology, and storytelling."

"It is important to think about your product and service along with how you gonna acquire customers in a repeatable way from day one."

"I just know the country that produced me."

"There are a million Topes in Nigeria...I’m not a diamond in the rough, and I want to get involved in some way to help with that."

"Imagine an onion. The center is the people. The layer outside is the product. The external layer is the process. The process makes sense when you have a product, and it's only through the motivation of the people that you make a product. This is the way I see the company. And if you see the company this way, you have to start with the people."

"Strategy isn't something you define once and follow forever. It’s like a white line on the road: you keep adjusting."

"When you change the culture of a company, it's never a revolution. It's an evolution."

"I make films that people call ‘horror’ because I want to make films about real things that happen in the world. And most real things aren’t very nice."

"Kidnappings, abductions, murders and bribes have increased, to the point that entire families have been forced to emigrate due to the fear and insecurity in which we are living. We walked down the street to rekindle the hope of the entire population. We want peace!"

"People expect more effective action by the State. The recent events in this new year, 2014, have outraged our people, as they confirm that neither the politicians nor the government show signs of wanting to solve the problem in Tierra Caliente."

"From a grain of rice grow green leaves and,roots, unless precooked or shelled."

"Women never become aware of their own destiny, An invisible hand always guides them on the right path. Then abandons them if they show themselves to be somewhat rebellious."

"At intermediate points along the way, individual verses and entire hymns were inserted into the RV collection."

"The formation of the ṛksamhita [....] appears to have been carried out in three stages. First, the ‗clan books‘ 2-7 were collected and ordered [....] At a later stage, Books 1 and 8 were added to the case like book ends. It was likely at this stage that Book 9 was added as well. Lastly, the heterogenous material in Book 10 was appended to the entire collection."

"the pavamāna collection consists primarily of late authors, those from Books 1, 5, 8 and in a limited number of cases, 10."

"We need not rely exclusively on the Anukramaṇī to affirm that there were important interactions between the priestly groups represented in Books 1, 5 and 8. As Oldenberg [1888b:213-215] has shown, evidence from the hymns themselves supports this conclusion."

"the clan book composers, except those from Book 5, are not well represented among the pavamāna composers of Book 9."

"These circles are represented by the Kāṇva, Ātreya and Āngirasa authors from Books 1, 5 and 8, as well as by descendants of these authors."

"The connections of Book 5 with Books 1 and 8 and not with the other clan books (2-4, 6-7) is interesting, since it seems to belong to the core RV collection (Oldenberg [1888a]; Witzel [1997])."

"the breakdown of the strict separation of the ritual poetry of different clans and the preservation of that poetry together in a single collection began with the Kāṇva, Ātreya and Āngirasa poets of Books 1, 5 and 8."

"Making Black Girls Count in Math Education"

"[talking to doctor] Feelings... I don't know. Everything's... Everything's normal. Then, out of nowhere, suddenly they're tearing at me. I don't know if it's the past or the future, heaven or hell."

"Propaganda Announcer: 50 Golden years of peace. 50 Golden years since the spirit of our nation rose from the dark ashes of history. And the fiery dawn of the new world order shone out across the fruited plain. Men and women working together to harvest the precious bounty of our promised land. Gathering the ripened fruit of their labors like playful children, safe under their watchful Father's eye as he spans the endless skyway and guards the ribbons of highway. Citizens working with courage, determination, and dedication To maintain our righteous strength. 1993... 50 Golden years... Marching together for peace."

"They cut a hole through time."

"Brad Johnson - David Herdeg"

"Marjean Holden - Jess"

"Gerrit Graham - Dr. William Mailer / Friedrich Mahler"

"John Christian Graas - Benjamin Herdeg"

"James Greene - Professor Longstreet"

"Cyril O'Reilly - Decker"

"Geoffrey Blake - Logan"

"Lisa Robins - Scotch"

"David Wells - Pinstripes"

"Larry Cedar - Hank, The Controller"

"Al Pugliese - Coach"

"“Prendimi teneramente"

"Mrs. Puff: Let the questing begin!"

"“Non voglio imparare a non aver paura, voglio imparare a tremare."

"“Certe mattine"

"Goofy Goober!"

"Imagination!"

"Here I Come!"

"Don't you dare!"