Richard Attias quotes
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“Sport is a great equalizer that can build bridges, transcend borders and cultures, and render even the fiercest conflicts temporarily irrelevant”
-- Richard AttiasSource : "Sport: Bridging the Gender Gap" by Richard Attias, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 28, 2012.
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“The factors that have been holding farmers back are similar to those that threaten other types of growth in Africa. Infrastructure and transport are in many cases quite poor, resulting in the losses of huge amounts of produce.”
-- Richard AttiasSource : "Agriculture, and Africa’s Future" by Richard Attias, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 8, 2013.
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“Global sports tournaments have a range of benefits that go far beyond the games themselves. They can transform the image of a country or a region. They bring people together and reveal new possibilities to a nation's youth.”
-- Richard AttiasSource : "Africa’s Olympic Potential" by Richard Attias, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 3, 2013.
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“Sport allows us to engage in dialogue and to build bridges, and it may even have the capacity to reshape international relations. The Olympic Games embody perfectly this universal mission.”
-- Richard AttiasSource : "The Olympics and the Spirit of Sport" by Richard Attias, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 27, 2012.
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“Female success stories from sporting events like the Olympic Games have played a role in shifting the Indian perception to see the female athlete as a hero and a role model for young Indian girls.”
-- Richard AttiasSource : "Sport: Bridging the Gender Gap" by Richard Attias, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 28, 2012.
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“Bringing more large sporting events to Africa would help the continent develop sports policies and at the same time optimize its peoples' chances of achieving competitive success.”
-- Richard AttiasSource : "Africa’s Olympic Potential" by Richard Attias, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 3, 2013.
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“As African economies boom and businesses are created, one of the big questions this growth raises is that of third-level education: how can Africa develop a knowledge infrastructure to rival that of the west, a sort of Harvard University in Africa?”
-- Richard AttiasSource : "An African Ivy League" by Richard Attias, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 2, 2013.
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“Africa's informal economy is one of the most innovative and inventive environments in the world. Yet it is an environment with little regulation in which workers are often exposed to hard conditions and live without a safety net.”
-- Richard AttiasSource : "A Focus on Africa’s Informal Economy" by Richard Attias, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 2, 2013.
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“Culturally, it is commonplace for African women to work.”
-- Richard AttiasSource : "The Promise of Africa’s Women" by Richard Attias, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 7, 2013.
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“Africa's agricultural sector has enormous scope for development, which would benefit both the continent's economy and its people.”
-- Richard AttiasSource : "Agriculture, and Africa’s Future" by Richard Attias, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 8, 2013.
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“For African societies, no issue looms larger than employment. Only vibrant entrepreneurship and thriving small businesses can hope to provide the millions of jobs that are needed.”
-- Richard AttiasSource : "Africa and the Six ‘I’s: Independence, Investment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Incubation, Inspiration" by Richard Attias, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 11, 2013.
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“It is my firm belief that action on the issues that matter for Africa must emerge from within Africa itself.”
-- Richard AttiasSource : "Africa and the Six ‘I’s: Independence, Investment, Infrastructure, Innovation, Incubation, Inspiration" by Richard Attias, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 11, 2013.
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“If women are the key to Africa's future - and I believe they are - we must figure out how to take away the barriers to their participation.”
-- Richard AttiasSource : "The Promise of Africa’s Women" by Richard Attias, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 7, 2013.
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“Improving Africa's farming sector would have multiple positive outcomes for African people.”
-- Richard AttiasSource : "Agriculture, and Africa’s Future" by Richard Attias, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 8, 2013.
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“Sport is one of the few spaces where people can learn about different cultures in a spirit of trust and friendship.”
-- Richard AttiasSource : "The Olympics and the Spirit of Sport" by Richard Attias, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 27, 2012.
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