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Quotes by Rwandan Authors

"Never close your hands in the face of evil fate, get up and rebel against it."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Never close your hands in the face of evil fate, get up and rebel against it."
"God is good only when everything is good. When everything is bad, the devil takes control; god reappears when everything is in order once again. That's what my pastor taught me."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"God is good only when everything is good. When everything is bad, the devil takes control; god reappears when everything is in order once again. That's what my pastor taught me."
"God does not take sides. He is always on the side of the winner."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"God does not take sides. He is always on the side of the winner."
"Success is across the roaring river, the brave shall cross it."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Success is across the roaring river, the brave shall cross it."
"I am not afraid of what god can do to me. He is already doing it."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"I am not afraid of what god can do to me. He is already doing it."
"As you fight any war, sometimes the result may be defeat. Learn to be heroic even in your defeats."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"As you fight any war, sometimes the result may be defeat. Learn to be heroic even in your defeats."
"Power and love can break the most stubborn resistence."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Power and love can break the most stubborn resistence."
"There is no love that is not self-love."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"There is no love that is not self-love."
"To survive in a corrupt country, you need to be the son of a king or be king yourself."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"To survive in a corrupt country, you need to be the son of a king or be king yourself."
"Some people have the license to sin: Soldiers, to kill; politicians, writers, priests, businessmen, married man and women, to lie; and married couples to have sex."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Some people have the license to sin: Soldiers, to kill; politicians, writers, priests, businessmen, married man and women, to lie; and married couples to have sex."
"Life is a war. Guerrilla warfare, the strategy."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Life is a war. Guerrilla warfare, the strategy."
"There is no sin, no crime, no evil, God cannot forgive."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"There is no sin, no crime, no evil, God cannot forgive."
"Be happy when people envy you, you are on the right path."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Be happy when people envy you, you are on the right path."
"Never declare Fate your enemy; she does not take lightly declarations of war. Declare your friendship to her instead, and smile in hope of better days."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Never declare Fate your enemy; she does not take lightly declarations of war. Declare your friendship to her instead, and smile in hope of better days."
"Death is the great incorruptible corruptor."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Death is the great incorruptible corruptor."
"I am what I have ever read."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"I am what I have ever read."
"They will call you immoral if you dare to describe their immorality."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"They will call you immoral if you dare to describe their immorality."
"Genius is nothing but a mastery of the subject at hand."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Genius is nothing but a mastery of the subject at hand."
"Yes an atheist priest can perfectly minister to a believing congregation and miracles can happen in that congregation. Miracles depend on the faith of the believer, not that of the officiant. A bartender who never takes alcohol can serve alcohol to his clients. What is necessary is that the priest believes he is doing the good work. The congregation needs faith and it helps them. It would be evil to deny them such a service in the name of his lack of faith. - Bangambiki Habyarimana."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Yes an atheist priest can perfectly minister to a believing congregation and miracles can happen in that congregation. Miracles depend on the faith of the believer, not that of the officiant. A bartender who never takes alcohol can serve alcohol to his clients. What is necessary is that the priest believes he is doing the good work. The congregation needs faith and it helps them. It would be evil to deny them such a service in the name of his lack of faith. - Bangambiki Habyarimana."
"God is what you imagine him to be."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"God is what you imagine him to be."
"If you want a meaningful life for yourself don't ask "What can the world offer to me?" but "What can I offer to the world?"
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"If you want a meaningful life for yourself don't ask "What can the world offer to me?" but "What can I offer to the world?"
"People who are afraid to become gods say "it's impossible."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"People who are afraid to become gods say "it's impossible."
"A coward: a man or woman who is unsatisfied by his condition and believes he was destined to accept it that way."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A coward: a man or woman who is unsatisfied by his condition and believes he was destined to accept it that way."
"How to write a book? Start writing,continue writing and finish writing."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"How to write a book? Start writing,continue writing and finish writing."
"Some people think they are holier than othersSome religions think they are the only true onesSome gods think they are the most divineSome races think they are a superior breedThe war goes on to the grave and beyond."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Some people think they are holier than othersSome religions think they are the only true onesSome gods think they are the most divineSome races think they are a superior breedThe war goes on to the grave and beyond."
"It's an evil fate to fall into the hands of a persecutor who was once persecuted."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"It's an evil fate to fall into the hands of a persecutor who was once persecuted."
"Doubt is the first ray of illumination."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Doubt is the first ray of illumination."
"One man encompasses all of humanity. Harming one man is harming humanity."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"One man encompasses all of humanity. Harming one man is harming humanity."
"The world would have been a better place if some men had just shut their mouths."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The world would have been a better place if some men had just shut their mouths."
"A man is called a sinner not because he sins more than others but because he defends he sins and glories in them and is unwilling to seek forgiveness."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A man is called a sinner not because he sins more than others but because he defends he sins and glories in them and is unwilling to seek forgiveness."
"True love makes you sleep and dream. But loud reality wakes you up."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"True love makes you sleep and dream. But loud reality wakes you up."
"Prepare for a radio, for nothing is silent like the grave."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Prepare for a radio, for nothing is silent like the grave."
"Much terror in religion is not the will of god, it is created by power hungry clerics who thirst for absolute power and claim it for god. God does not seek power, he is already powerful."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Much terror in religion is not the will of god, it is created by power hungry clerics who thirst for absolute power and claim it for god. God does not seek power, he is already powerful."
"A willing heart will believe anything and die for anything."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A willing heart will believe anything and die for anything."
"Only dogs know and respect their masters. This is a rare characteristic of men who secretly envy their masters and wish their downfall."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Only dogs know and respect their masters. This is a rare characteristic of men who secretly envy their masters and wish their downfall."
"Free yourself from mental slavery. Break those invisible chains your masters put on your spiritual neck to control you."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Free yourself from mental slavery. Break those invisible chains your masters put on your spiritual neck to control you."
"The Bible is man in a nutshell. Good and evil live side by side in the same book. That's why it's cherished. The good find in it encouragement, the weak solace, the evil, justification."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The Bible is man in a nutshell. Good and evil live side by side in the same book. That's why it's cherished. The good find in it encouragement, the weak solace, the evil, justification."
"Writing is a competition between the writer and the page. When the page wins, you fail as a writer."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Writing is a competition between the writer and the page. When the page wins, you fail as a writer."
"In the beginning there was nothing, and then god created "me"."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"In the beginning there was nothing, and then god created "me"."
"A man should not compete with his wife in talk but in silence."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A man should not compete with his wife in talk but in silence."
"I believe only in one God, creator of everything that exists, visible and invisible, good and evil. I believe that he will ultimately save every soul and give it eternal life."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"I believe only in one God, creator of everything that exists, visible and invisible, good and evil. I believe that he will ultimately save every soul and give it eternal life."
"If you are a pastor there is no way you can lose faith without losing face, you are considered the devil incarnate by your former congregation."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"If you are a pastor there is no way you can lose faith without losing face, you are considered the devil incarnate by your former congregation."
"Politicians are not afraid of their mistakes, they are afraid their mistakes will not succeed."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Politicians are not afraid of their mistakes, they are afraid their mistakes will not succeed."
"Can you die for a false idea? Yes. The reason you die is that you believe it's not a false idea."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Can you die for a false idea? Yes. The reason you die is that you believe it's not a false idea."
"If you are poor and go without food and clothes, don't hope for wealth in paradise, you are already forsaken."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"If you are poor and go without food and clothes, don't hope for wealth in paradise, you are already forsaken."
"When something or someone you dearly love is snatched away from you, something of you go with it. You become emotionally amputated."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"When something or someone you dearly love is snatched away from you, something of you go with it. You become emotionally amputated."
"Be persistent like a mosquito, at the end you will get your bite."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Be persistent like a mosquito, at the end you will get your bite."
"Please others and you please yourself."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Please others and you please yourself."
"Sex is an open secret parents try to hide to their children."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Sex is an open secret parents try to hide to their children."
"Death actually never kills you, time does."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Death actually never kills you, time does."
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