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Quotes by Rwandan Authors

"We cannot turn the clock back nor can we undo the harm caused, but we have the power to determine the future and to ensure that what happened never happens again."
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Paul Kagame
"We cannot turn the clock back nor can we undo the harm caused, but we have the power to determine the future and to ensure that what happened never happens again."
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"There is a need to take advantage of the change that has taken place in the Congo, however tragic that has been in its coming."
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Paul Kagame
"There is a need to take advantage of the change that has taken place in the Congo, however tragic that has been in its coming."
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"Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out."
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Paul Kagame
"Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out."
"You kept quiet... When these victims wanted your help to survive, you kept quiet."
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Paul Kagame
"You kept quiet... When these victims wanted your help to survive, you kept quiet."
"There are some who are scared by unity and by building a country on the basis of ideas."
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Paul Kagame
"There are some who are scared by unity and by building a country on the basis of ideas."
"In Africa today, we recognise that trade and investment, and not aid, are pillars of development."
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Paul Kagame
"In Africa today, we recognise that trade and investment, and not aid, are pillars of development."
"Some people are so evil when they enter a house, happiness escapes through the window and unhappiness and fear installed in its place."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Some people are so evil when they enter a house, happiness escapes through the window and unhappiness and fear installed in its place."
"Everybody say it's impossible, but I'll try to make it possible."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Everybody say it's impossible, but I'll try to make it possible."
"Only the weak hit the fly with a hammer."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Only the weak hit the fly with a hammer."
"Success sits on a mountain of mistakes."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Success sits on a mountain of mistakes."
"Experience is hard to acquire. Only the wise acquire it."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Experience is hard to acquire. Only the wise acquire it."
"A faint hearted man will always be poor."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A faint hearted man will always be poor."
"Words are seeds, you are what you've heard."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Words are seeds, you are what you've heard."
"Atheism is not against god, it is against the religious establishment who use god they have never seen or heard from to establish their influence over the minds of men."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Atheism is not against god, it is against the religious establishment who use god they have never seen or heard from to establish their influence over the minds of men."
"Theology is like assuming that there is a black cat in a dark room where in fact there is no black cat, and endeavoring to study the cat's properties and how it may have evolved from its ancestors."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Theology is like assuming that there is a black cat in a dark room where in fact there is no black cat, and endeavoring to study the cat's properties and how it may have evolved from its ancestors."
"Keep quiet and the enemy will reveal himself."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Keep quiet and the enemy will reveal himself."
"You cannot end a theology class without hearing these recurrent words "maybe", "it seems to me", "perhaps", "the unique reason may be that", "my belief on this subject is that", "there are many interpretations to how", etc. All of which indicate a lack of certainty. It's not surprising in a class with the task to study the invisible god."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"You cannot end a theology class without hearing these recurrent words "maybe", "it seems to me", "perhaps", "the unique reason may be that", "my belief on this subject is that", "there are many interpretations to how", etc. All of which indicate a lack of certainty. It's not surprising in a class with the task to study the invisible god."
"Arrogance is the last thing to die."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Arrogance is the last thing to die."
"Why do women use make-up? They know the world is a make-up."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Why do women use make-up? They know the world is a make-up."
"Many people don't know they have stopped believing in god. Their neighbors do."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Many people don't know they have stopped believing in god. Their neighbors do."
"Writing is self-pleasure."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Writing is self-pleasure."
"The problem with satisfaction is it's a bottomless pit."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The problem with satisfaction is it's a bottomless pit."
"Such problems are not solved in one day but there is a great step toward peace and security in the region."
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Paul Kagame
"Such problems are not solved in one day but there is a great step toward peace and security in the region."
"Your true beliefs are known in agony."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Your true beliefs are known in agony."
"There is no difference between ancient and modern paganism. Christianity has five gods: three that band together against one who apparently has managed to stand his ground for millennia, and a mother of god who is worshiped at the same level as the other members of the quadrinity."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"There is no difference between ancient and modern paganism. Christianity has five gods: three that band together against one who apparently has managed to stand his ground for millennia, and a mother of god who is worshiped at the same level as the other members of the quadrinity."
"Everybody would be a dictator if he could."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Everybody would be a dictator if he could."
"What you call love on your side may be called lust on another's side."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"What you call love on your side may be called lust on another's side."
"Some people use love as a tool to enslave others."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Some people use love as a tool to enslave others."
"Trouble is the place where you find yourself when your judgment malfunction."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Trouble is the place where you find yourself when your judgment malfunction."
"The hard truth is that sometimes we need to lie to ourselves to continue to live."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The hard truth is that sometimes we need to lie to ourselves to continue to live."
"Sometimes I reach the highest heights of hope, at other times I reach the deepest of despair. Sometimes I am happy, at other times I am sad. At some point I am a believer, and at some other time an unbeliever. Sometimes I love, some other times I hate. That's what it means to be human."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Sometimes I reach the highest heights of hope, at other times I reach the deepest of despair. Sometimes I am happy, at other times I am sad. At some point I am a believer, and at some other time an unbeliever. Sometimes I love, some other times I hate. That's what it means to be human."
"The end of love looks like the beginning of war."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The end of love looks like the beginning of war."
"Play with the emotions, play with the heart and the animal will surrender to yo."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Play with the emotions, play with the heart and the animal will surrender to yo."
"Life is a stampede to get to the top."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Life is a stampede to get to the top."
"Wake up and live your life on your own terms, you are a king in your own kingdom, a god in your own universe."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Wake up and live your life on your own terms, you are a king in your own kingdom, a god in your own universe."
"All religions are "revealed" and "inspired". After all nothing happens without the "will" of god."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"All religions are "revealed" and "inspired". After all nothing happens without the "will" of god."
"I know what is going on in the heart of an atheist. Deep anguish that there is nothing beyond, nothing to live for, nothing to give him hope. I know because I endured the same predicament."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"I know what is going on in the heart of an atheist. Deep anguish that there is nothing beyond, nothing to live for, nothing to give him hope. I know because I endured the same predicament."
"A god without wrath, without intimidation, without punishment, without hell? It would be a paper tiger, a teddy bear!"
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A god without wrath, without intimidation, without punishment, without hell? It would be a paper tiger, a teddy bear!"
"Though we are terrorized by death, it's not different from birth, it just happens."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Though we are terrorized by death, it's not different from birth, it just happens."
"The more time you invest into studying religion, the more likely you are to disbelieve in the gods."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The more time you invest into studying religion, the more likely you are to disbelieve in the gods."
"Married life is not for the faint hearted. Sometimes it can look like an ugly battlefield."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Married life is not for the faint hearted. Sometimes it can look like an ugly battlefield."
"Some people sit at life' banquet table while others serve them."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Some people sit at life' banquet table while others serve them."
"We are looking for value, guidance, advice, inspiration; for someone to show us the way. When we find him, he is our hero."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"We are looking for value, guidance, advice, inspiration; for someone to show us the way. When we find him, he is our hero."
"Envy is a sign that you are being overtaken."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Envy is a sign that you are being overtaken."
"Its ok to be different, the climate is not the same in every mind."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Its ok to be different, the climate is not the same in every mind."
"In the modern city life, if you don't have money , you simply don't have life."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"In the modern city life, if you don't have money , you simply don't have life."
"I love theologians, they know god cannot speak so they spend their energy trying to explain to us what his silence means."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"I love theologians, they know god cannot speak so they spend their energy trying to explain to us what his silence means."
"I think this business of good vs. evil is of no interest to the power hungry."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"I think this business of good vs. evil is of no interest to the power hungry."
"When a protector leaves you, it looks like the end of the world. But you gradually learn to walk by your own feet."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"When a protector leaves you, it looks like the end of the world. But you gradually learn to walk by your own feet."
"Open your mind and let the universe speak to you."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Open your mind and let the universe speak to you."
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