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The team that is going to win is the one that does its homework the best by studying its opponents.
— Imran Khan
I felt Nigeria didn't have to succumb to the image of being a corrupt country; we didn't have to let the economy stagnate.
— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Educating our young girls is the foundation for Nigeria's growth and development.
— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
No one can fight corruption for Nigerians except Nigerians. Everyone has to be committed from the top to the bottom to fight it.
— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
When the wisdom of the heart replaces the chatter of the mind, The power of Love flows forth.
— Marianne Williamson
Peter Pears and Ian Bostridge.
— Anonymous
One in four sub-Saharan Africans is Nigerian, and it has 140 million dynamic people - chaotic people - but very interesting people.
— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
I believe that when you find problems, you should also find solutions.
— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
The best way to help Africans today is to help them to stand on their own feet. And the best way to do that is by helping create jobs.
— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
I can take hardship. I can sleep on the cold floor anytime. I can also sleep on a feather bed.
— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
How many good soldiers will die, saving these civilians? And how many people will shrug later and say: That's their job.
— Ann Aguirre
In my experience, a castaway's worst mistake is to hope too much and to do too little.
— Yann Martel
I'm standing here saying that those who miss the boat now, will miss it forever. So if you want to be in Africa, think about investing.
— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
I was interested in the environment from when I was a little kid. I spent most of my time hunting and fishing and kayaking.
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Is Not An Economist, She Is A Demographer
— Tam David-West
When you save the life of anyone, a farmer, a teacher, a mother, they are contributing productively into the economy.
— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
I'm told I'm like my father, and he was the most wonderful man. But I think he was gentler than me.
— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
I like people that enjoy life, 'cause I do the same.
— Lil' Wayne
Investing in women is smart economics, and investing in girls, catching them upstream, is even smarter economics.
— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
She's gonna know the rooster's in the hen house when she doesn't find me there, so we'd better hurry.
— Georgia Cates
When it comes to doing my job, I keep my ego in my handbag.
— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
If we save people from HIV/AIDS, if we save them from malaria, it means they can form the base of production for our economy.
— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
I've found a more personal, pagan kind of religion to satisfy the spiritual side of things.
— Julian Clary
