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“I will always be looking back at the things I've gone through, thinking of the struggling people I've seen.”

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William Kamkwamba, born on August 5, 1987, is an inventor and engineer from Malawi. He gained fame for his creation of a windmill using scrap materials and self-taught knowledge in rural Malawi, which brought electricity to his village. more

“By habits of thrift and economy, by way of the industrial school and college, we are coming up. We are crawling up, working up, yea, bursting up-often through oppression, unjust discrimination and prejudice-but through them all we are coming up, and with proper habits, intelligence, and property, there is no power on earth than can permanently stay our progress.”

Way School Earth Economy Progress College Habit Prejudice Property Discrimination Oppression Unjust Thrift Crawling Bursting

Book:An Autobiography - The Story of My Life and Work

Source: An Autobiography - The Story of My Life and Work

“The Ku Klux Klan never dies. They just stop wearing sheets because sheets cost too much.”

Dies Too Much Cost Prejudice Sheets Ku Klux Klan

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“I just want people to take a step back, take a deep breath and actually look at something with a different perspective. But most people will never do that.”

People Want Looks Different Steps Perspective Breaths Deep Breath Different Perspective Take A Deep Breath

Author:Brian McKnight

“People don't like when you point out to them and remind them that they're not very smart.”

People Smart Very Smart

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“I kind of hate the fact that people are always trying to put you into a category. I hate walls, and I hate boundaries. I don't like that. I listen to everything.”

People Trying Kind Facts Hate Wall I Hate Boundaries Categories Always Trying

Author:Brian McKnight

“It is great to have your own label; you can cultivate your own artists I've worked with pretty much everyone I wanted to.”

Wanted Artist Labels

Author:Brian McKnight

“I'm not like a legend that - so I'm sort of in the middle in this sort of gray area where, you know, I'm creating music and I'm not saying there isn't an audience because there is because all of those people go out and spend $80 to $150 on a concert ticket.”

People Knows Audience Middle Creating Areas Gray Concerts Legends Tickets Gray Area Creating Music

Author:Brian McKnight

“I listen to all kinds of songs. There's something to be learned from every type of music and from the one making it, whether it's pop or jazz or hip-hop.”

Kind Song Type Jazz Hip Hop Pops All Kinds Hips Hops

Author:Brian McKnight

“When it's your chance to step up to the plate, just hit it out of the park, and everybody will forget about everything that came before.”

Chance Forget Steps Parks Plates Step Up

Author:Brian McKnight

“I'm not thinking about what needs to be on the radio. I'm not thinking about anything other than - I'm just going to let this music come out of me and not have any sort of preconceived notion of what I should do. I'm just going to do it.”

Thinking Needs Should Notion Radio Preconceived Notions

Author:Brian McKnight

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