#kin

The strange thing about Africa is how past, present and future come together in a kind of rough jazz, if you like. ↗

— Ben Okri

#africa #come #future #how #jazz

I grew up between the two world wars and received a rather solid general education, the kind middle class children enjoyed in a country whose educational system had its roots dating back to the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. ↗

— George Andrew Olah

#between #children #class #country #dating

All these boundaries - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, America - are set by men. But you don't have to look at boundaries when you are looking at a man - at the character of a man. The question is: What do you stand for? Are you a follower, or are you a leader? ↗

— Hakeem Olajuwon

#america #asia #boundaries #character #follower

When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions. ↗

— Hakeem Olajuwon

#anymore #because #decisions #get #good

I'm the kind of person who always wants more. ↗

— Hakeem Olajuwon

#i #kind #more #person #wants

Baseball needs to put the steroids era behind it by having and enforcing tough rules against all kinds of artificial advantages, so that spring can return. ↗

— Marvin Olasky

#against #artificial #baseball #behind #enforcing

Most organizations should be pro-active, but philanthropists concerned with poverty should deliberately be reactive, learning from the efforts of ordinary folks who tired of looking the other way as their communities fell apart. ↗

— Marvin Olasky

#communities #concerned #deliberately #efforts #fell

If someone's got good, clean skin, with not too much make-up on, and good, clean hair that's bouncy, and the nails are clean and not overly done, then you can put anything on her and she's going to look good. ↗

— Bruce Oldfield

#clean #done #going #good #got

I keep on working when other people are out having fun. But I love what I do and find it hard to stop. ↗

— Bruce Oldfield

#fun #hard #having #having fun #i

I need to go someplace faraway that doesn't have telephones and doesn't have a record player and doesn't have movie theaters and people walking down the street in order to not do anything. ↗

— Will Oldham

#down #faraway #go #i #movie