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You have to stand for something or you fall for everything.
Angelique Kidjo
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I don't like the idea of something being pure. It means we have to be perfect, I don't want to be perfect.
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If everybody can be happy with what they achieve with their life, this world would be a better place.
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Education is very political, because when you educate the people, then you have a country that you can't fool anymore.
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It doesn't matter what challenge you face, the most important thing is, when you fall, how you rise and how high you want to go, where you want to go from that rise on.
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