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Age for me is just a number. — Haile Gebrselassie

Democracy, republics: What do these words signify? — Haile Selassie

Ethiopia did not have the same problem [of corruption]. African leaders looked at us with envy. — Mengistu Haile Mariam

I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me. — Haile Gebrselassie

It is both the duty and responsibility of the world's fortunate few to help fulfil the legitimate aspirations of the unfortunate many — Haile Selassie

I feel a social responsibility. We need to open people's eyes. There is a lack of education in Ethiopia. — Haile Gebrselassie

I always tell young athletes the same thing, 'Wherever you go, whatever you do, what must your top priority be? Running.' — Haile Gebrselassie

Mahatma Gandhi will always be remembered as long as free men and those who love freedom and justice live. — Haile Selassie

I think not many young people are willing to pay the price of telling their own story. — Haile Gerima

In the marathon a crazy athlete can just keep pushing from the beginning, at a championship you don't need a time just to win the race. — Haile Gebrselassie

I know what I want when I start a marathon: to win! But what do you want? Make sure you're clear in advance and don't go out too fast. — Haile Gebrselassie

I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner. — Haile Gebrselassie

We should accept diversity in culture and tradition and coexist peacefully ... — Haile Selassie

There's no other way but struggling, forging ahead to do the film. — Haile Gerima

The Rastafari culture has a very strong connection to Haile Selassie, a descendant of King Solomon. — Ziggy Marley

For any movement to emerge, it has to be innovatively independent from the mainstream cinema, and I don't see that much. — Haile Gerima

Every labourer is a father, his labour is his child. Choose your project carefully and achieve it worthily — Haile Selassie

If you never did anything for your own freedom, you're not worth a human being in my view. — Haile Gerima

When the system does not recognize me I'm not devastated. — Haile Gerima

I'm a runner first before anything else. — Haile Gebrselassie

When you don't work together you can't emerge as a force. It becomes what some call a "lonely struggle" and individual self-destruction. — Haile Gerima

Tarantino is a spoiled little white kid. He can do any movie he wants and nobody can do anything about it. — Haile Gerima

Place principle above all else. — Haile Selassie

If your body is damaged, wounded, it can be fixed, but if inside, mentally, you are wounded you cannot fix it, it's hard. — Haile Gebrselassie

It is not only war that can stop war but men of goodwill, conscious of their mission can deal with such deadly enemy ... — Haile Selassie

If you're planning only to make money and nothing else, you'll be broke. — Haile Gebrselassie

The United Nations continues to sense as the forum where nations whose interests clash may lay their cases before world opinion. — Haile Selassie

In my life I do a lot of things but I never forget my training. — Haile Gebrselassie

No one should question the faith of others, for no human being can judge the ways of God. — Haile Selassie

From now on you must pray for your people and yourself three times a day. — Mengistu Haile Mariam

For me a day without training is like a day without eating. — Haile Gebrselassie

I used to live in Ethiopia as a child, and I lived there when Haile Selassie was the emperor. — Jack Kingston

If you are a really good marathoner, you have to run New York. — Haile Gebrselassie

We must act to shape and mold the future, and leave our imprint on events as they slip past into history. — Haile Selassie

Man cannot live by bread alone. Man after all is composed of intellect and soul. — Haile Selassie

As man's faculty attains higher level of development and sophistication, so do his wants in life — Haile Selassie

Knowledge is power. If it is not applied properly to create, let there be no doubts, it will destroy. — Haile Selassie

Athletes have to be confident and I am thinking like that. — Haile Gebrselassie

Outside the kingdom of the Lord there is no nation which is greater than any other. God and history will remember your judgment. — Haile Selassie

Let us set our goals too high; let us demand more of ourselves than we believe we possess — Haile Selassie

At the end of the day, people want to see how fast you run. — Haile Gebrselassie

I was the kind of child who worked hard every day with the cows and sheep - I was a very aggressive boy. — Haile Gebrselassie

When I run in Ethiopia, I look out and see eucalyptus trees and rivers. — Haile Gebrselassie

The same arts that did gain
A power, must it maintain. — Andrew Marvell

An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans. — Haile Selassie

I haven't done a marathon for a long time. So we'll see. I will need good luck. — Haile Gebrselassie

Do not worship me, I am not God. I'm only a man. I worship Jesus Christ. — Haile Selassie

Always, if you win mentally, you can win physically as well. — Haile Gebrselassie

All athletes need three things: commitment, discipline and hard work. Without that it's hard to keep running. — Haile Gebrselassie

When you run the marathon, you run against the distance, not against the other runners and not against the time. — Haile Gebrselassie

When we race in London a world record will be the last thing on our minds. — Haile Gebrselassie

Unity should be the cornerstone of relations — Haile Selassie

My father didn't think running was sensible. He told me running is just wasting time. — Haile Gebrselassie

Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there. — Haile Gebrselassie

Feel the needs of others more than your own. — Haile Selassie

Today I stand before the world organization which has succeeded to the mantle discarded by its discredited predecessor. — Haile Selassie

I want to avoid injuries by running only road. — Haile Gebrselassie

There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other. — Haile Selassie

The fruits of one's sweat and mental labour are always rewarding — Haile Selassie

Athletics is in my blood. — Haile Gebrselassie

I really do not care what the white world is doing. I care about black people building the monument on slavery. — Haile Gerima

We must make progress slowly so as to preserve the progress we have already made. — Haile Selassie

I wanted to experience New York, to look up and see buildings. — Haile Gebrselassie

I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation. — Haile Gebrselassie

You must always remember that to lead, one must first learn to follow ... — Haile Selassie

Being a great athlete is something that requires a lot of training and dedication, it does not come as easily as some people may think. — Haile Gebrselassie

A good leader ... maintains a balance between emotional drive and sound thinking. — Haile Selassie

A purely materialistic art would be like a tree which is expected to bear fruit without flowering and to sacrifice grace and beauty for mere utility — Haile Selassie

Peace demands the united efforts of us all. Who can foresee what spark might ignite the fuse? — Haile Selassie

When you promise something, you must fulfill it. — Haile Gebrselassie

You lose the speed before the stamina. — Haile Gebrselassie

Many discouraging hours will arise before the rainbow of accomplished goals will appear on the horizon. — Haile Selassie

I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best. — Haile Gebrselassie

It is much easier to show compassion to animals. They are never wicked. — Haile Selassie

There is no safer anchorage for our learning, our lives, and our public actions than that provided by Divine teachings ... — Haile Selassie

If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous. — Haile Gebrselassie

I'm retiring from competitive running, not from running. You cannot stop running, this is my life, — Haile Gebrselassie

It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest. — Haile Gebrselassie

A man who says "I have learned enough and will learn no further" should be considered as knowing nothing at all. — Haile Selassie

Leadership does not mean domination. The world is always well supplied with people who wish to rule and dominate others — Haile Selassie

Life is a kind of struggle. Life is a sort of fight. — Haile Gebrselassie

I have seen things few of my countrymen have. The first time I went on an aeroplane I couldn't work out how the lavatories worked up in the sky. — Haile Gebrselassie

Africa's mineral wealth is great; we should co-operate in its development. — Haile Selassie

Success is really when you create a space, a piece of art, and people come in and say, that's my story - when they claim it. — Haile Gerima

The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it. — Haile Gebrselassie

Mengistu is a barbaric and cruel creature who becomes happy with the death of human beings. — Mengistu Haile Mariam

Schooling is so important. — Haile Gebrselassie

Why should I say I will retire in three or four years? You retire the very moment you utter those words. — Haile Gebrselassie

You know for me when I promise something I want to deliver. If you don't, you have to disappear. — Haile Gebrselassie

Considering that the race is star-studded no runner will be willing to set the pace for the others. This is why a record will be almost impossible. — Haile Gebrselassie

I want to go down in history. — Haile Gebrselassie

When I wake up at 5 in the morning is it just to jog? Definitely not, I give it all of my efforts. — Haile Gebrselassie

I find the business world hard. — Haile Gebrselassie

We have finished the job, what shall we do with the tools? — Haile Selassie

Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an 'is,' it is a 'becoming.' — Haile Selassie

Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.' — Haile Gebrselassie

I'm never satisfied. — Haile Gebrselassie

Misguided people sometimes create misguided ideas. Some of my ancestors were Oromo. How can I colonize myself? — Haile Selassie

Knowledge paves the way to Love, and Love in its turn fosters understanding, and leads one along the path of great common achievements. — Haile Selassie

What is important is to win. — Haile Gebrselassie