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And I went off to Ghana for what was intended to be seven days. I spent what was well over a year in Africa, teaching and travelling.


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STEPHEN MARLEY I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.
STEPHEN FRY After World War II, the winds of nationalism and anti-colonialism blew through the developing world.
STEPHEN KINZER Your mind is the channel of it all. It feeds your soul, your heart, everything. It comes from your t...
STEPHEN MARLEY If they wanted their shit stirred, then stirred their shit was jolly well going to be.
STEPHEN CLARKE There were people who believed their opportunities to live a fulfilled life were hampered by the num...
STEPHEN FRY That word is 'willing.' It's an attitude and spirit of cooperation that should permeate our conversa...
STEPHEN KENDRICK When a man has died, he wants you to know about it.
STEPHEN KING His was the face you could never quite see, his the hands which dealt all the spades from a dead dec...
STEPHEN KING God has editing rights over our prayers. He will... edit them, correct them, bring them in line with...
STEPHEN CROTTS I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wo...
STEPHEN SPENDER After the day there cometh the derke night; For though the day be never so longe, At last the ...
STEPHEN HAWES The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them
STEPHEN KING When you get just a complete sense of blackness or void ahead of you, that somehow the future looks ...
STEPHEN FRY You are essentially who you create yourself to be and all that occurs in your life is the result of ...
STEPHEN RICHARDS Minds are like flowers, they only open when the time is right.
STEPHEN RICHARDS If life hands you lemons, make lemonade! Words to live by, especially when you kept in mind t...
STEPHEN KING We accept the love we think we deserve.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Sometimes people use thought to not participate in life.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY It was the kind of kiss that made
me know that I was never so happy in my whole life.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and doesn't try to sleep with som...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY I just want you to know that you’re very special… and the only reason I’m telling you is that ...
STEPHEN CHBOSKY Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense.
STEPHEN CHBOSKY