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"African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence."
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"Modern humans are taught from the childhood that they are weak and sinners. Teach them that they are embodiment of glory and children of immortal strength. Eventually a society full of bravehearts will rise."
"We are not as frail as the strings would make us believe."
"On the path to greatness, life teaches you to walk with stones in your shoes."
"Not that we must always partake of [God's feast] solemnly. "God who made good laughter" forbid. It is one of the difficult and delightful subtleties of life that we must deeply acknowledge certain things to be serious and yet retain the power and will to treat them often as lightly as a game."
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"I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance."
"There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting."
"In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace."
"We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible."
"Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve."
"It's the little things citizens do. That's what will make the difference. My little thing is planting trees."
"It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa."
"It's a matter of life and death for this country. The Kenyan forests are facing extinction and it is a man-made problem."
"Some say that AIDS came from the monkeys, and I doubt that because we have been living with monkeys from time immemorial, others say it was a curse from God, but I say it cannot be that."
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