Quotes by Clemantine Wamariya - Page 2

The idea of somebody suffering is really painful to every human. In our collective language, we all too often see those who are suffering as a victim to be pitied, to be feared, and even sometimes to be despised. I want to redirect that narrative.
Clemantine Wamariya /
Despised
Narrative
Painful
Collective
Feared
Pitied
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My copy of 'Night' is dog-eared. The pages are filled with plastic colored 'flags' that are blue, green, purple, and yellow. Vocabulary is in the margins; phrases and sentences are underlined, some with pencil, and some with pen. Many words are circled.
Clemantine Wamariya /
Blue
Filled
Green
Margins
Night
Pages
Phrases
Plastic
Purple
Sentences
Vocabulary
Yellow
Words
Colored
Copy
Pen
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My formal speaking career began before a group of 10 third-graders. We drew pictures of my home in Rwanda. I told them about my mother's huge garden and our mango tree. The lessons I taught were simple. Play nicely. Take care of plants. Take care of people.
Clemantine Wamariya /
Formal
Garden
Lessons
Rwanda
Tree
Drew
Nicely
Plants
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As a child growing up in refugee camps, life taught me that many things were impossible. My older sister, Claire, taught me otherwise when her strength and resilience made the impossible possible in the way she worked, behaved, and took control of our lives.
Clemantine Wamariya /
Sister
Camps
Claire
Growing Up
Impossible
Older Sister
Our Lives
Refugee
Resilience
Taught
Child
Behaved
Possible
Older
Otherwise
Took
Worked
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Labels and classifications of any type are not law, nor are they written in stone. It's up to us to be aware of this and confront it and break through it by doing things that shock and surprise people because they thought we could never achieve at that level.
Clemantine Wamariya /
Labels
Shock
Surprise
Confront
Stone
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After my final semester at Yale in December of 2013, I made a scary choice. Instead of looking for work - feeling over-read and underweight - that for a few months I would go wherever the wind carried me. I would become a student of the world, and I would eat.
Clemantine Wamariya /
December
Semester
Wind
Work World Me
Carried
Wherever
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I want to listen to people's stories and find strength in them. There is so much human-caused pain and suffering in the world. I want to honor all those difficult experiences and acknowledge their aftermath. At the same time, I want to really see and love the world around me.
Clemantine Wamariya /
Acknowledge
Aftermath
Love Time Strength
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The benefits of Umuganda are not merely economic. The day is intended to build community involvement and strengthen cohesion between persons of different background and levels. One such a benefit is that people can access authorities to articulate their needs and voice opinions on various issues.
Clemantine Wamariya /
Cohesion
Involvement
Levels
Articulate
Authorities
Benefit
Intended
Merely
Opinions
Strengthen
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It occurred to me that memorials shouldn't be grand. If you really want to honor the memory of a tragedy, you shouldn't create areas of calm reflection. You should make people uncomfortable. Put them in the shoes of those who perpetrated and those who suffered. Then ask, would they be able to forgive in these situations?
Clemantine Wamariya /
Reflection
Tragedy
Uncomfortable
Suffered
Forgive
Grand
Memorials
Occurred
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To the young girl who fails to see opportunities around her: Awaken the intellectual curiosity within you. Go on, search for those opportunities and chase after them! Because when you are curious and in 'search mode,' you will meet a lot of people and learn, and when you find opportunities, you will be exhilarated rather than overwhelmed.
Clemantine Wamariya /
Curiosity
Intellectual Curiosity
Overwhelmed
Awaken
Chase
Fails
Mode
Search
Young Girl
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One of my fondest memories growing up in Rwanda was seeing everyone participating in community-building activities. This happened every Saturday at the end of month. People work together in cleaning streets, planting trees, and take care of each other by facilitating productive conversations and actions that are beneficial for the society.
Clemantine Wamariya /
Beneficial
Cleaning
Memories
Participating
Productive
Rwanda
Saturday
Streets
Take Care
Actions
Activities
Month
Conversations
Planting
Trees
Work Together
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