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Quotes by Zimbabwean Authors
"We of Africa protest that, in this day and age, we should continue to be treated as lesser human beings than other races."
"Valid questions are better than invalid assumptions."
"Was it not enough punishment and suffering in history that we were uprooted and made helpless slaves not only in new colonial outposts but also domestically."
"We have said the first step was to designate the land, inform the owners. And the second would be to get the responses from the owners. And this will be openly done."
"So, Blair keep your England, and let me keep my Zimbabwe."
"If the choice were made, one for us to lose our sovereignty and become a member of the Commonwealth or remain with our sovereignty and lose the membership of the Commonwealth, I would say let the Commonwealth go."
"People are free to campaign and they will be free to vote. There won't be any soldiers, you know, at the queues. Anyone who has the right to vote is free to go and cast his vote anywhere in his own area, in his own constituency."
"We pride ourselves as being top, really, on the African ladder... We feel that we have actually been advancing rather than going backwards."
"The sky belongs to eagles, even during storms."
"I wish to assure you that there can never be any return to the state of armed conflict which existed before our commitment to peace and the democratic process of election under the Lancaster House agreement."
"We are not hungry... Why foist this food upon us? We don't want to be choked. We have enough."
"We don't mind having sanctions banning us from Europe. We are not Europeans."
"Be the sun in someone's dark sky."
"Before Truman Capote, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously."
"Some people are contriving ways and means of making us collapse."
"In most recent times, as the West started being hostile to us, we deliberately declared a Look East policy."
"Don't water anything that you don't want to grow in your life."
"In the writing of memoirs, as in the production of shows, too much caution causes the audience to nod and think of other channels."
"Countries such as the U.S. and Britain have taken it upon themselves to decide for us in the developing world, even to interfere in our domestic affairs and to bring about what they call regime change."
"Before Truman, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously."
"Joy is a loyal companion, love is a faithful friend, fear is a terrible adversary, and hatred is a merciless enemy."
"His theory was that non-fiction could be as artful as fiction."
"As water drowns but also cleanses, so adversity scalds but also blesses."
"True, some land was bought by a few Cabinet Ministers. They bought the land. No minister, to my knowledge acquired land which was meant for resettlement."
"The land is ours. It's not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful people... Those of white extraction who happen to be in the country and are farming are welcome to do so, but they must do so on the basis of equality."
"He's got everything. He' not a great player yet because he hasn't won any major championships, but it's a matter of time. He's an outstanding talent. I didn't realize how tall he is."
"We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating."
"One who is thankful for a slice of bread is more blessedthan one who is ungrateful for a loaf."
"Stay with us, please remain in this country and constitute a nation based on national unity."
"It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones."
"I don't think Capote loved Smith. But he did make a deep connection. It upset some people, because that had never been the approach to journalistic crime writing, to look into the mind of the killer."
"Our votes must go together with our guns. After all, any vote we shall have, shall have been the product of the gun. The gun which produces the vote should remain its security officer - its guarantor. The people's votes and the people's guns are always inseparable twins."
"All I'm trying to do is not join my ancestral spirits just yet."
"A rose does not lose sleep because it was mocked by weeds."
"Rather than always impose your will, allow men to learn from their mistakes. Great failures make great teachers; success enables one to forget some thingsa failure cannot afford to."
"Courage treats the weak better than fear treats the strong."
"Don't ruin a good opportunity fixating on a bad one."
"The white man is not indigenous to Africa. Africa is for Africans. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans."
"Busy hands achieve more than idle tongues."
"True beauty isn't what you put on your face, it's what you put in people's hearts."
"The richest person in the cemetery is the one who left behind the most happy memories."
"Staring at the mountain requires nothing. Climbing the mountain requires strength. Reaching the mountaintop requires perseverance. Staying at the mountaintop requires wisdom. Reaching for the stars requires everything."
"Our party must continue to strike fear in the heart of the white man, our real enemy!"
"A seed rises from dirt to prove to the world that its greatness lies not on what the world thinks of it, but from within."
"If you pour more water into a river, it will not drown the fish."
"The only white man you can trust is a dead white man."
"So why don't we take the step of setting goals for ourselves? One reason that stands out is that we aren't willing to accept full responsibility for our lives. If we don't set goals, then we don't have to reach them. Another excuse is that goal setting has never been part of our lives or culture. As a result, we may end up mixing with people who have no clear idea where they are headed, becoming a person who "follows the followers."
"When a storm shows up, always remind yourself a rainbow is hiding behind it."
"The caterpillar they despise today is the butterfly they praise tomorrow."
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