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Quotes by Rwandan Authors

"Men prefer sweet lies to unpleasant truths."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Men prefer sweet lies to unpleasant truths."
"The greatest thieves are not caught. Not because it's not known that they are thieves but because you cannot accuse them of robbery and live. These thieves are praised as national heroes and liberators or as successful entrepreneurs."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The greatest thieves are not caught. Not because it's not known that they are thieves but because you cannot accuse them of robbery and live. These thieves are praised as national heroes and liberators or as successful entrepreneurs."
"Religion should teach about hope to come for all, not terror for some."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Religion should teach about hope to come for all, not terror for some."
"As man becomes more technologically advanced, his barbarity becomes even more lethal."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"As man becomes more technologically advanced, his barbarity becomes even more lethal."
"Most politicians would love to lead politically blind people."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Most politicians would love to lead politically blind people."
"It's always easy to conquer the hungry with a piece of bread. Only the wise can conquer the strong."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"It's always easy to conquer the hungry with a piece of bread. Only the wise can conquer the strong."
"Nature tells the truth as it is, it has no euphemism."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Nature tells the truth as it is, it has no euphemism."
"What some politicians really mean when they saythis country: me, my party, my ethnic groupinternational justice is biased: they want to arrest meterrorists: oppositionillegal immigrants: refugeeselections: remaining in powerpeace: eliminating the oppositioninternational community: the rich countriesthe people: sympathisers of my party."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"What some politicians really mean when they saythis country: me, my party, my ethnic groupinternational justice is biased: they want to arrest meterrorists: oppositionillegal immigrants: refugeeselections: remaining in powerpeace: eliminating the oppositioninternational community: the rich countriesthe people: sympathisers of my party."
"You marvel and applaud big heroes in their big heroic actions, and forget you are a hero in your humble life and have modest heroic actions to complete yourself."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"You marvel and applaud big heroes in their big heroic actions, and forget you are a hero in your humble life and have modest heroic actions to complete yourself."
"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."
"Many smiling faces hide a bleeding heart."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Many smiling faces hide a bleeding heart."
"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."
"An entrepreneur is a man who knows he can fail, but he does not accept to fail before he actually fails, and when he fails he learns from his errors and moves on."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"An entrepreneur is a man who knows he can fail, but he does not accept to fail before he actually fails, and when he fails he learns from his errors and moves on."
"Consider your goal like a war to win and use whatever strategies you know to win."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Consider your goal like a war to win and use whatever strategies you know to win."
"Live in your dream. Refuse to wake up until it is completely over. Then dream again."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Live in your dream. Refuse to wake up until it is completely over. Then dream again."
"Loneliness is a shadow of death."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Loneliness is a shadow of death."
"All religions are man-made God has not yet revealed himself beyond doubt to anybody."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"All religions are man-made God has not yet revealed himself beyond doubt to anybody."
"Words can make or break, use your words carefully."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Words can make or break, use your words carefully."
"Don't constantly make angry your wife. Once she throws you out of her heart, there is no appeal."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Don't constantly make angry your wife. Once she throws you out of her heart, there is no appeal."
"It's useless to disarm the hands, if the heart remains armed."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"It's useless to disarm the hands, if the heart remains armed."
"We hate people who honestly tell us what they think about us. We wish we were what we are not."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"We hate people who honestly tell us what they think about us. We wish we were what we are not."
"Did you know you could destroy dragons? Dragons are not actually real, they just roar to scare you away from your goals. In fact they are afraid of determined heroes, they take flight at their approach."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Did you know you could destroy dragons? Dragons are not actually real, they just roar to scare you away from your goals. In fact they are afraid of determined heroes, they take flight at their approach."
"A smile is a friend maker."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A smile is a friend maker."
"Life is stripped of its flavor when folks are told that hell is waiting for them."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Life is stripped of its flavor when folks are told that hell is waiting for them."
"Don't run against time go hand in hand."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Don't run against time go hand in hand."
"A small event as tiny as a drop of a pin can change the direction of your entire life."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"A small event as tiny as a drop of a pin can change the direction of your entire life."
"It's true not because it's beyond doubt, but because we believe it to be true. We make it true. We are safe as long as no one can disprove us."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"It's true not because it's beyond doubt, but because we believe it to be true. We make it true. We are safe as long as no one can disprove us."
"If you think you can't, you're wrong and right."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"If you think you can't, you're wrong and right."
"Would a robber break in your home at night beating drums? Nope. This is how those who want to take advantage of your life come: Full of smiles and promising sincere friendship!"
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Would a robber break in your home at night beating drums? Nope. This is how those who want to take advantage of your life come: Full of smiles and promising sincere friendship!"
"Many writers write because they've been there, seen that, did it and burnt their fingers."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Many writers write because they've been there, seen that, did it and burnt their fingers."
"Some enemies are part and parcel of our lives, we cannot destroy them without risking our own survival."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Some enemies are part and parcel of our lives, we cannot destroy them without risking our own survival."
"Despair is the source of all evil."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Despair is the source of all evil."
"Spiritual leaders, priests and prophets are lamps burning in the dark, seeking meaning for humanity."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Spiritual leaders, priests and prophets are lamps burning in the dark, seeking meaning for humanity."
"Strong thoughts are accompanied by great emotions."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Strong thoughts are accompanied by great emotions."
"Most of our waking life is make believe. If there was a way to record every dream that crosses our minds, the true nature of humans would be laid bare."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Most of our waking life is make believe. If there was a way to record every dream that crosses our minds, the true nature of humans would be laid bare."
"The day you were born you were given power to create yourself."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The day you were born you were given power to create yourself."
"Science does not need religion. Religion does not need science. And the twain shall never meet."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Science does not need religion. Religion does not need science. And the twain shall never meet."
"An evil woman sends her husband away and wails her evil fate."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"An evil woman sends her husband away and wails her evil fate."
"Truth was not meant to be told but found."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Truth was not meant to be told but found."
"Then nothing became something, and I was born, and I wrought great havoc in the world in the time allotted to me, and I returned to nothingness."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Then nothing became something, and I was born, and I wrought great havoc in the world in the time allotted to me, and I returned to nothingness."
"The boundary between good and evil are clearer for more common folks but gets blurred more and more as people get more power over their fellows."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"The boundary between good and evil are clearer for more common folks but gets blurred more and more as people get more power over their fellows."
"Nothing annoys in this world as a nagging wife."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Nothing annoys in this world as a nagging wife."
"Peace is something you only have when your enemy is gone. Either after you have turned him into a friend or vanquished him."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Peace is something you only have when your enemy is gone. Either after you have turned him into a friend or vanquished him."
"It's a sin only if it harms you."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"It's a sin only if it harms you."
"Hell was invented to scare to death the unruly human mind and bring it to obedience."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Hell was invented to scare to death the unruly human mind and bring it to obedience."
"Conscience is the parliament in our mind. It depends on who holds the majority."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Conscience is the parliament in our mind. It depends on who holds the majority."
"Emotion is created by a cause, whether that cause is factual or imaginary does not matter, as longer as the believer holds it as true."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"Emotion is created by a cause, whether that cause is factual or imaginary does not matter, as longer as the believer holds it as true."
"When you start doing the impossible, you make it possible."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"When you start doing the impossible, you make it possible."
"We are the products of fate, from beginning to end."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"We are the products of fate, from beginning to end."
"We are nothing but bricks from our cultural molds."
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Bangambiki Habyarimana
"We are nothing but bricks from our cultural molds."
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