#our people

What could be more lonely than to be enveloped in silence, to be the last of your people to speak your native tongue, to have no way to pass on the wisdom of the elders, to anticipate the promise of the children. This tragic fate is indeed the plight of someone somewhere roughly every two weeks. ↗

— Wade Davis

#children #could #elders #every #fate

I don't think we've got much of a chance to tell you the truth. But our main problem is our audience skews a little older than most shows, and I don't think our people can stay up that late. I certainly can't. ↗

— Dick Van Dyke

#certainly #chance #got #i #late

There's a fascinating statistic: One out of every four people in America has visited New York since 9/11. It is astounding. Now, I don't know how you count it; it's some people coming multiple times. ↗

— Michael Bloomberg

#astounding #coming #count #every #fascinating

You must do as your people do. If my people are poor, I must be poor. People ask me, 'Why don't you find a personal coach or a private car?' I can't. Then I won't be part of my people. ↗

— Haile Gebrselassie

#car #coach #find #i #me

As a small country, both in size and population, our future hinges on the quality of our people. ↗

— Hassanal Bolkiah

#country #future #hinges #our #our people

I'm working harder now than ever before. I couldn't turn down the BBC job because I've never been offered the opportunity of killing three or four people on screen before! ↗

— Adam Faith

#because #been #before #down #ever

But if I thought on it, I would like to be remembered as a brother who loved his people and did everything that I knew to fight for them, the liberation of our people. ↗

— Louis Farrakhan

#did #everything #fight #his #i

Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#amateur #back #best #cannot #country

No movement finding itself in this stage of struggle can operate by getting authority from the leading body of the political organs for even minor action that is taken and we don't even know in the case of the actions which have publicize whether they are in fact our people. ↗

— Joe Slovo

#actions #authority #body #case #even

Secondly, security. Both the challenges we face in the world and the responsibilities that our country has in protecting our people, are major issues. We need to do more in the context of domestic security. ↗

— Robert Menendez

#challenges #context #country #domestic #face