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Quotes by Rwandan Authors

"Water in, water out until there is no water to run and the riverbed runs dry. That's life."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Water in, water out until there is no water to run and the riverbed runs dry. That's life."
"Love is better than any weapon, all you have to do is keep it burning in the heart of the victim. He will do whatever you ask him to do."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Love is better than any weapon, all you have to do is keep it burning in the heart of the victim. He will do whatever you ask him to do."
"Doubt is the first ray of illumination."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Doubt is the first ray of illumination."
"Politicians are a breed of the human race who believe they know everything."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Politicians are a breed of the human race who believe they know everything."
"Doubt is the archenemy of love. He is the scoundrel who accused her to reason."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Doubt is the archenemy of love. He is the scoundrel who accused her to reason."
"Once you believe that god is not a private property of anybody, you are on your way to becoming a new messiah. Maybe your own if not the world's."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Once you believe that god is not a private property of anybody, you are on your way to becoming a new messiah. Maybe your own if not the world's."
"Be patient. Everything has it's time. You can't make an orange mature right away because you are hungry."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Be patient. Everything has it's time. You can't make an orange mature right away because you are hungry."
"If you aren't destroying your enemies, it's because you have been conquered and assimilated, you do not even have an idea of who your enemies are. You have been brainwashed into believing you are your own enemy, and you are set against yourself. The enemy is laughing at you as you tear yourself to pieces. That is the most effective warfare an enemy can launch on his foes: confounding them."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"If you aren't destroying your enemies, it's because you have been conquered and assimilated, you do not even have an idea of who your enemies are. You have been brainwashed into believing you are your own enemy, and you are set against yourself. The enemy is laughing at you as you tear yourself to pieces. That is the most effective warfare an enemy can launch on his foes: confounding them."
"Forget about tomorrow, it's a myth. You only have today to do what you want to do."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Forget about tomorrow, it's a myth. You only have today to do what you want to do."
"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 business plan is like a war plan, when you competitors know about it, it's no longer of any use."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A business plan is like a war plan, when you competitors know about it, it's no longer of any use."
"The only way to stop a nightmare is to open your eyes, if perchance you realize you were dreaming."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The only way to stop a nightmare is to open your eyes, if perchance you realize you were dreaming."
"There is no pleasure in fighting a weak opponent."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"There is no pleasure in fighting a weak opponent."
"Take one minute every day and think hard about your life. You will always change for the best."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Take one minute every day and think hard about your life. You will always change for the best."
"You create your future by what you do in the present."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"You create your future by what you do in the present."
"If you are afraid of the critics you will never write a word."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"If you are afraid of the critics you will never write a word."
"The poor eats with his eyes, the rich with his mouth."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The poor eats with his eyes, the rich with his mouth."
"How bitter they cry in need, those who refuse to help others in trouble!"
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"How bitter they cry in need, those who refuse to help others in trouble!"
"False belief is more emotional than true belief."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"False belief is more emotional than true belief."
"Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Each man lives in his own universe and when he dies the world is over."
"If god created hell, who will blame his followers for trying to establish it on earth."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"If god created hell, who will blame his followers for trying to establish it on earth."
"An angry enemy is a conquered enemy."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"An angry enemy is a conquered enemy."
"The world slides, the world goes, and death makes equal the rich and the poor."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The world slides, the world goes, and death makes equal the rich and the poor."
"As old lies are laid to rest, new ones sprout from their ashes, as deadly as their ancestors."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"As old lies are laid to rest, new ones sprout from their ashes, as deadly as their ancestors."
"The power of a writer is that he is a god of sorts. He can create his own worlds and populate them with his own people, all by the powers of his imagination. It's the closest a man can come close to the gods. No wonder the most successful writers are considered immortals."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The power of a writer is that he is a god of sorts. He can create his own worlds and populate them with his own people, all by the powers of his imagination. It's the closest a man can come close to the gods. No wonder the most successful writers are considered immortals."
"Everything in the world is potentially yours. Don't limit yourself to your own means."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Everything in the world is potentially yours. Don't limit yourself to your own means."
"A politician is a man in his natural state."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A politician is a man in his natural state."
"The age of reason may have had its golden age, but the age of emotion endures forever."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The age of reason may have had its golden age, but the age of emotion endures forever."
"True understanding lies beyond the desert."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"True understanding lies beyond the desert."
"Reason is not always reasonable."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Reason is not always reasonable."
"You need to have the means to impose yourself."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"You need to have the means to impose yourself."
"The heart of the home beats in the kitchen and a healthy one beats three times a day."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The heart of the home beats in the kitchen and a healthy one beats three times a day."
"Fortune is a goddess that reveals herself only to people who seek her."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Fortune is a goddess that reveals herself only to people who seek her."
"Society says "Don't talk about sex, just do it."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Society says "Don't talk about sex, just do it."
"A writer is a thought smith, he educates men to think for themselves."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A writer is a thought smith, he educates men to think for themselves."
"There is no one who is completely evil as to lack some goodness in him."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"There is no one who is completely evil as to lack some goodness in him."
"Fate does not expect to be fought and will reward those who dare to fight against it."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Fate does not expect to be fought and will reward those who dare to fight against it."
"Give dry bread to a rich kid and he will throw it into the dustbin, give it to the poor kid and he will remember your name for the rest of his days."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Give dry bread to a rich kid and he will throw it into the dustbin, give it to the poor kid and he will remember your name for the rest of his days."
"No wonder many people dare not look closely at life: It's a horrible sight."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"No wonder many people dare not look closely at life: It's a horrible sight."
"The most successful men work smart, not hard."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The most successful men work smart, not hard."
"If you want to write, just write anything that comes into your mind. You will be surprised at how you can force inspiration to stand on your side."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"If you want to write, just write anything that comes into your mind. You will be surprised at how you can force inspiration to stand on your side."
"When you believe it, you've created it, whatever it is."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"When you believe it, you've created it, whatever it is."
"Create hell and people will be impatient to get there, just out of curiosity."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Create hell and people will be impatient to get there, just out of curiosity."
"Forgiveness is all about love. Where love abounds, there forgiveness will not tarry."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Forgiveness is all about love. Where love abounds, there forgiveness will not tarry."
"People speak even after their death. Only do speak those who have recorded their speech in writing before they die, the rest go silent forever."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"People speak even after their death. Only do speak those who have recorded their speech in writing before they die, the rest go silent forever."
"If you are proud for bad reasons, shame waits around the corner."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"If you are proud for bad reasons, shame waits around the corner."
"Writing a book is burning your brain to enlighten another man's mind."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Writing a book is burning your brain to enlighten another man's mind."
"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."
"I thought there was no use for me in reading Sun Tzu and Machiavelli because I am neither a warrior nor a politician, but it turned out to be useful when I married."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"I thought there was no use for me in reading Sun Tzu and Machiavelli because I am neither a warrior nor a politician, but it turned out to be useful when I married."
"If I can write, who possibly can't. Even drawing a line in the sand is writing."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"If I can write, who possibly can't. Even drawing a line in the sand is writing."
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