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As African economies boom and businesses are created, one of the big questions this growth raises is that of third-level education: how can Africa develop a knowledge infrastructure to rival that of the west, a sort of Harvard University in Africa?
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Quote #288926
Pain
Emotions
The hardest thing of all is when pain is hidden behind a mask of calm.
Author:
Sergei Lukyanenko
Quote #364163
Dancing
Dreaming
Tequila makes me dream up things like dance battles.
Author:
Rachel Hollis
Quote #11641
Life
Philosophy
It's no use hiding in the bushes when you know there are snakes about.
Author:
Anthony T. Hincks
Quote #314570
Violence
Murder
From their perspective, however, torture might make a sort of cockeyed sense if it was ritualistic,
Author:
Dean Koontz
Quote #462428
Liberty
Tree
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Author:
Thomas Jefferson
Quote #368567
Cute
Harriet
I came to get you. I knew you'd freak
Author:
Holly Smale
Quote #415380
Peace
Peace rules the day where reason rules the mind.
Author:
William Collins
Quote #472778
Reading
Thoughts
After working with many nutritionists, reading books, and practicing trial and error on my own body,
Author:
Suzanne Somers
Quote #295904
People
World
I watched the people passing below, each of them a story, each story part of somebody else's, all of
Author:
Charles de Lint
Quote #454005
Spiritual
Interesting
Although technical discussions are interesting to composers, I suspect that the truly magical and sp
Author:
George Crumb
Quote #237451
Suicide
Suicide. A sideways word, a word that people whisper and mutter and cough: a word that must be squee
Author:
Lauren Oliver
Quote #107979
Inspirational
Life
Look for the love, you will find the beauty.
Author:
Debasish Mridha
Quote #413742
Music
How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers.
Author:
Gioacchino Rossini
Quote #205044
Inspirational …
When the weather's bad--it's raining, windy, cold--and you're just feeling miserable, put on your sh
Author:
J.P. Roarke
Quote #227344
Lost
Goals
It is the fool who declares ‘I am ascending the summit,’ while he’s toddling around in the ditch.
Author:
Craig D. Lounsbrough
Quote #447017
Time
Service
Neil Armstrong was no Christopher Columbus. In most respects, he was better. Unlike the famous fifte
Author:
Seth Shostak
Quote #50410
Teacher
Education
To know how to suggest is the art of teaching.
Author:
Henri-Frédéric Amiel
Quote #176329
Inspirational
Motivational
Slow down. Calm down. Don't worry. Don't hurry. Trust the process.
Author:
Alexandra Stoddard
Quote #94093
Emotion
Soul
Bad emotions can be hidden with a smile on the face
Author:
Constance Friday
Quote #267747
Pain
Sad
It lit up like a Christmas Tree Hazel Grace...
Author:
John Green
Quote #436601
Work
World
We're not teaching our students the importance of relationships with other people: how you work with
Author:
Irvin D. Yalom
Quote #271082
Love
Longing
... which would enable him to prolong for the time being, and to renew for one day more the disappoi
Author:
Marcel Proust
Quote #177154
Success Quotes
Work Quotes
Renounce poor work.Shun trivial work.Entertain respectable work.Welcome superior work.Honor transcen
Author:
Matshona Dhliwayo
Quote #383962
Maturity
Uncertainty
Maturity means being able to tolerate, on all sorts of planes, uncertainty and not knowing.
Author:
Hazel Johns
Quote #489338
Life
Family
I just live life. I grew up in a Christian family, but, you know, the way Mom brought me up is to, y
Author:
Tyler
Quote #320817
World
Creation
The world was made by God's Word...make your own world with your words.
Author:
Jaachynma N.E. Agu
Quote #36075
Life
Self Improveme…
If I'm wrong, correct me. If I'm right, recommend me.
Author:
Mitta Xinindlu
Quote #381209
Hypocrisy
Facing Reality
Hypocrisy annoys me, people need to look into mirrors. Let me hold a mirror in front of your face.
Author:
C. JoyBell C.
Quote #33130
Love
Poetry
The hope is smallbut it is everything.
Author:
Ava
Quote #383970
Charity
Maturity
From 15 to 18 is an age at which one is very sensitive to the sins of others, as I know from recolle
Author:
Flannery O'Connor
Quote #492960
Dying
Living
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying.
Author:
Norman Douglas
Quote #363783
Life
Money
For you cannot live in New York City very long and not be conscious of the niceties of being rich—th
Author:
Andrew Holleran
Quote #447934
Stars
Dream
For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.
Author:
Unknown
Quote #388165
Inspirational
Inspirational …
If you want to win the race be prepared to get off the starting blocks!
Author:
Joy Maitland
Quote #377775
Beauty
Physics
If one is working from the point of view of getting beauty into one's equation, ... one is on a sure
Author:
Paul A.M. Dirac
Quote #480728
Hope
Work
In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the n
Author:
Pearl S. Buck
Quote #288962
Inspirational
Atheism
Nothing exists but you. And you are but a thought.
Author:
Mark Twain
Quote #398765
Work
End
The sweat of industry would dry and die, But for the end it works to.
Author:
William Shakespeare
Quote #436274
Technology
Social Media
I have mixed feelings about how fast things are changing as a result of technology. There's no denyi
Author:
Amanda Crew
Quote #168650
Strength
Weakness
Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weaknes
Author:
Susan Gale
Quote #31483
Hope
Hopeful
His face was tense, his jaw flexed as he stared at her. She could hardly stand to meet his eyes. The
Author:
Aprilynne Pike
Quote #307664
Love
Reason
Let them spend their time condemning every action of persons they do not like; by this let them revo
Author:
Criss Jami
Quote #121493
Money
Kaz
The easiest way to steal a man's wallet is to tell him you're going to steal his watch.
Author:
Leigh Bardugoh
Quote #2972
Life
Travel
To travel is to live.
Author:
Hans Christian Andersen
Quote #439166
Life
You
I think somehow you need to get to a certain point in your life where the notion of failure is absur
Author:
Jeff Tweedy
Quote #330616
Life
Philosophy
A loving heart is the source of all happiness.
Author:
Debasish Mridha
Quote #483708
Time
Remember
I cannot remember a time when I was not interested in both gardening and painting. I must have been
Author:
Emma Tennant
Quote #175210
Fate
Destiny
My destiny plays with me in such a wayI feel I play with my destiny.
Author:
Vivake Pathak
Quote #191849
Life
Peace
Mohammad never assigned himself a status more than a common man and a messenger of God. People had f
Author:
M.H. Hyndman
Quote #371704
Love
Independence
She did not date. She did not have time for men. Men were never, ever worth a great amount of energy
Author:
Unknown
Quote #457222
Mind
Powerful
When the conscious mind expands to embrace deeper levels of thinking, the thought wave becomes more
Author:
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Quote #156148
Knowledge
Wisdom
I've learned far too much to know everything.
Author:
J.S.B. Morse
Quote #29128
Love
Happiness
She had never been able to stand her husband, though not for one minute in their married life had sh
Author:
Anna Seghers
Quote #155119
Wisdom Quotes
Wisdom Quote
The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fattest one.
Author:
Matshona Dhliwayo
Quote #372678
Sunset
Sky
The evening sky was awash with peach, apricot, cream: tender little ice-cream clouds in a wide orang
Author:
Philip Pullman
Quote #442738
Life
Good
Some people go off to an ashram or they, you know, have a midlife crisis and buy a sports car. For m
Author:
John Cameron Mitchell
Quote #265539
Experience
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. And experience is often the most val
Author:
Randy Pausch
Quote #458949
Choices
Problem
The problem with digital architecture is that an algorithm can produce endless variations, so an arc
Author:
Peter Eisenman
Quote #181482
Writing
Literature
A writer's mind is a place where demons kill angels in disguise.
Author:
Ram Vignesh
Quote #320212
Sleep
When a man can't sleep, he won't let anybody else sleep either. If he doesn't go off to dreamland th
Author:
Carter Dickson
Quote #332027
Despair
Lost
How can I be lost, if I've got nowhere to go?
Author:
Metallica
Quote #198212
Love
Sadness
I have nothing against youI just learned not to trust youI know its a trial and errorBut shit, I tho
Author:
Mr. Pessimist
Quote #313126
Connection
Church
Because people understand that the diocese is trying to help the members of that group feel more con
Author:
James Martin
Quote #378831
Facts
Mythology
Every fact is a myth until proven to be otherwise.
Author:
Sapan Saxena
Quote #503702
Two
Things
My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
Author:
Raf Simons
Quote #117112
Marriage
Men
When a man takes a mistress, he doesn't turn around and divorce his wife.
Author:
Arthur Golden
Quote #538
Love
Romance
Love is a luxury.""No. Love is an element."An element. Like air to breathe, earth to stand on.
Author:
Laini Taylor
Quote #420247
Temptation
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it and your soul grows sick with
Author:
Oscar Wilde
Quote #494075
People
Intervention
Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.
Author:
Nelson Mandela
Quote #313150
Weakness
Church
The church today has reduced the Christians to a level that has made them to be too weak to make any
Author:
Sunday Adelaja
Quote #369528
Right
Wise Men
This conflict between right and fact has endured since the origins of society. To bring the duel to
Author:
Victor Hugo
Quote #151231
Reality
In my mind, I rebuild this world hundred times.
Author:
Ladislav Sukovský
Quote #198716
Life Philosophy
Winning
There was too much at stake for him not to attempt it! He had to win! And he had to win big!
Author:
Avijeet Das
Quote #411773
Knowledge
He who knows others is learned He who knows himself is wise.
Author:
Lao-Tsze
Quote #261371
Life
Consciousness
Life before consciousness was like blank paper, so be it.
Author:
Santosh Kalwar
Quote #437595
Age
Sense Of Humor
From an early age onward, it was said that 'Ingmar has no sense of humor.'
Author:
Ingmar Bergman
Quote #311237
Truth
Live
In fact, lying to ourselves may be the most dangerous thing in the world because we live our truth w
Author:
Cortney S. Warren
Quote #35032
Death
Funny
So you're here by yourself?"“Yes."“Seems like an odd place to come by yourself."“I needed to get awa
Author:
David Gilmour
Quote #301235
Inspirational
God
God never gives you more than you can handle. It's your choice on how you deal with what he gives yo
Author:
Kendra Sedgwick
Quote #43276
Writing
Authors
All Jane Austen novels have a common storyline: an attractive and virtuous young woman surmounts dif
Author:
P.D. James
Quote #410515
People
Helping
If you give your life as a wholehearted response to love then love will wholeheartedly respond to y
Author:
Marianne Williamson
Quote #446038
Low
Directly
Truancy rates are directly correlated to low graduation rates.
Author:
Tony Cardenas
Quote #358587
Existentialism
Then, when it didn't crash, when you succeeded in keeping it aloft with your own worthlessness, all
Author:
Lorrie Moore
Quote #383243
Love
Immortality
What is any of this to us? Time is endless and ours. Love and Death are only the games we play in it
Author:
Tanith Lee
Quote #303615
Love
Acceptance
To reciprocate God’s love is a sign of being a recipient
Author:
Sunday Adelaja
Quote #386100
Heartache
I married my love in the springtime, / but by summer he’d locked me away. / He’d murdered me dead by
Author:
Emily Carroll
Quote #59139
Funny
Anger
Whoa, who peed in your Cheerios?
Author:
Becca Fitzpatrick
Quote #213734
Knowing
Intelligence
Be intelligent, but know it is better to be kind than smart.
Author:
Bryant McGill
Quote #491989
World
Literature
I can say without affectation that I belong to the Russian convict world no less than I do to Russia
Author:
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Quote #155530
Love Quotes
Wisdom Quotes
You have the world at your feet if you have wisdom in your mind.You have the world in your hands if
Author:
Matshona Dhliwayo
Quote #393158
Self Care
Self Developme…
You're given the fruit of one palm tree:Bear it a basin of clear water.Don't trouble with the plight
Author:
Abu al-Ala al-Ma'arri
Quote #324795
Life
Regret
There's a time in your life when you have to stop looking back and start looking forward because oth
Author:
Anna Maxted
Quote #352236
Peace
Philosophy
The merciful Providence - or whatever power there is in the universe - has so ordained things that o
Author:
Anne Sullivan Macy
Quote #360486
Excellence
Distinction
He lived in terror of, well, becoming ordinary.
Author:
H.W. Brands
Quote #286025
Character
Lying
A liar deceives himself more than anyone, for he believes he can remain a person of good character w
Author:
Richelle E. Goodrich
Quote #133097
Inspirational
Christian
There is only one Saviour, the Lord JESUS CHRIST.
Author:
Unknown
Quote #63214
Books
Reading
All his life, Klaus had believed that if you read enough books, you could solve any problem, but now
Author:
Lemony Snicket
Quote #200933
Friends
Differences
What are the differences between me and you, I stand up and continue you just stay down and don't mo
Author:
Deyth Banger
Quote #267714
Sad
Tearjerker
Im here and he’s not. That I’m alive and he’s…
Author:
Beth Revis