Yaba Badoe
Yaba Badoe is a Ghanaian-British documentary filmmaker, journalist and author. (Yaba Badoe Quotes)
“Best performances are achieved through daily application of strength, discipline and persistence. Luck has little to do with it.”
Yaba Badoe
“Give her this. My dagger to help her in battle. May the child be a princess, a true warrior, valiant in the face of danger yet merciful to those she defeats.’ ‘May your spear arm be strong, my daughter,’ the tall man adds. ‘Your legs swift as a gazelle and your heart the mighty heart of a lioness protecting her cubs.”
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“Have to learn to take the rough with the smooth.”
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“I know she loves me, but it can’t be right to rule someone you love through fear.”
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“Mister, I’m not for sale,’ I say. ‘Never was, never have been, never will be.’ ‘Everyone has a price, young lady.’ ‘What’s yours?’ I reply.”
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“Outnumbered and outmanoeuvred by fools! So be it. On one condition – the minute your eggs start to unscramble, the three of you are going to say loud and clear, under my direction: ‘Cobra told us not to do this, but did we listen? Hell no!ʼ”
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“The same voice Mama Rose uses when we’re in trouble and she’s determined to browbeat black-boots into submission.”
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“There’s no such thing as can’t. Kant is a German philosopher who died in eighteen hundred and four.”
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“We smile at everyone we see. That’s our job: to look excited.”
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“You’ve given your heart to her, maybe, but there’s no need to lose your marbles as well.”
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