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Quotes by Rwandan Authors

"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 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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"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Envy is a sign that you are being overtaken."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Envy is a sign that you are being overtaken."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Theologians should study in a seminary and before graduating they should make a visit to heaven and hell after which they should submit their thesis and graduate."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Theologians should study in a seminary and before graduating they should make a visit to heaven and hell after which they should submit their thesis and graduate."
"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."
"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."
"Your true beliefs are known in agony."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Your true beliefs are known in agony."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Need will send you even into the arms of your enemy."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Need will send you even into the arms of your enemy."
"Everybody would be a dictator if he could."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Everybody would be a dictator if he could."
"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!"
"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."
"Honestly speaking honesty can sometimes land you in hot waters."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Honestly speaking honesty can sometimes land you in hot waters."
"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."
"Life is a stampede to get to the top."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Life is a stampede to get to the top."
"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."
"A man who wants to imitate the life of a woman will invariably do some mischief."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A man who wants to imitate the life of a woman will invariably do some mischief."
"An atheist is someone who is disappointed in his search of god. He is a man who strongly needed god but couldn't find him. Atheism is a cry of despair."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"An atheist is someone who is disappointed in his search of god. He is a man who strongly needed god but couldn't find him. Atheism is a cry of despair."
"The greatest law is: love yourself first."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The greatest law is: love yourself first."
"An atheist is a disappointed true believer he is an angry and hungry soul who has failed to find a real god to whom he can anchor his hope."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"An atheist is a disappointed true believer he is an angry and hungry soul who has failed to find a real god to whom he can anchor his hope."
"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."
"Genius is when you strike a chord accidently, and the ensuing music is beyond your control."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Genius is when you strike a chord accidently, and the ensuing music is beyond your control."
"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."
"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."
"You don't have to finish today, what is important is that you finish. But remember today might be the last day of your life."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"You don't have to finish today, what is important is that you finish. But remember today might be the last day of your life."
"Eternity is today."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Eternity is today."
"A faint hearted man will always be poor."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A faint hearted man will always be poor."
"Great men of old and of today never considered themselves only human, they also considered themselves gods. And god! See what hat great achievement have they realized!"
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Great men of old and of today never considered themselves only human, they also considered themselves gods. And god! See what hat great achievement have they realized!"
"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."
"Give the world what it wants and it will give you what you want."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Give the world what it wants and it will give you what you want."
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