Notable Quotes

SWAKOPMUND is still the place to be for the holidays. – Almuth Styles, of the Namib I tourism information centre, stating that while holiday makers were more cautious about spending all accommodation at the coastal town was fully booked

THE president doesn’t believe in killing gays. – Uganda’s Minister of State for Ethics and Integrity, James Nsaba Butoro on removing a provision in proposed legislation that would impose the death penalty on gay men and women in UgandaTHE inability of those in power to still the voices of their own consciences is the great force leading to change. – Former Zambian president Kenneth KaundaIT’S all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back. – Mick Jagger (born 1943), British rock musician, songwriter, actor and producerPATIENCE is counting down without blasting off. – UnknownFrom the history booksA man’s silence is wonderful to listen to. – Thomas Hardy, British novelist and poet. Renowned for his novels ‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’ and ‘Tess of the d’Urbervilles’, Hardy died on January 11, 1928

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