Tewodros II quotes

“I know their game. First, the traders and the missionaries: then the ambassadors: then the cannon. It's better to go straight to the cannon.”
-- Tewodros II

Source : Quoted in Basil Davidson, Africa in Modern History: The Search for a New Society (1978)

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“The thing you realize as you get older and you play, that you don't really understand when you're a backup the first few offseasons, how important that mental rest is. It's a grind physically during the season, dealing with the hits and the physical pain that goes with playing in this game. But mentally it's probably more taxing, so you need that ability to find that escape.”

Source : Source: www.usatoday.com

“Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.”

“Cincinnati needs to take notes from Houston. Houston fans are among the top five fans in the game.”

“I feel quite proud to be an ambassador for women who realize that being fit is better than being skinny,”

Source : "Ellie Goulding: A Melody Of Movement". news.nike.com. January 26, 2015.

“I finished my studies in England, I opened my studio in London, and the first one-man exhibit I had on Bond Street, which was opened by the Austrian ambassador.”

“When employees are happy, they are your very best ambassadors.”

Source : "Online Extra: At Costco, "Good Jobs and Good Wages"". Interview with Michelle Conlin, www.bloomberg.com. May 31, 2004.

“The tongue, the ambassador of the heart.”

“Nobody ever forgets their first night in the bush. It's among the precious, meagre handful of life firsts that remain indelible.”

“Lawyers are the first refuge of the incompetent.”

“The first part of my career, how I was paying the bills was commercials. I was just doing tons of commercials.”

Source : "The Dirt on Aaron Paul". Interview with Daniel Riley, www.gq.com. July 12, 2012.