Sanaa
White-headed gibbons, orang-utans and Thomas' leaf monkeys!
Visit my muse and let me take you to Sanaa;
Tapirs, tariers and banded leaf monkeys!
Praise my name and let me introduce you to Sanaa;
For the traditional beliefs are here to stay with us!
And like the muse of this forest closer to Sanaa's home.
poem by Edward Kofi Louis
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Tans For The Memory (Orangutans)
I have often seen orang-utans kept captive in a zoo;
To meet one, in the wild, would be a dream come true.
Without human help, orang-utans may cease to exist;
Their presence on earth would be very sorely missed.
They will never refuse a kind human’s helping hand,
But, it is the poachers who they are unable to stand.
On the forest floor, they forage for fresh, juicy fruit.
The baby orang-utans especially, are really rather cute.
When meeting an orang-utan, you realise how smart they are;
With the human mind, orang-utans are almost on a level par.
Just like us humans, they experience real thoughts and feelings;
News that they are being slaughtered, has really left me reeling.
These defenceless creatures are unable to escape the slaughter;
Their numbers have now been cut down by more than a quarter.
Wealthy businessmen are paying people to shoot orang-utans dead;
Humans are killing them, when we should be helping them instead.
Their habitat has been dramatically reduced by deforestation;
Trees are chopped down, to make way for palm oil plantations.
The adults are shot, but, often, the terrified babies are saved;
As posh people’s pets, they often find themselves enslaved.
On each of their heads, there hangs a seventy pound bill;
At the very thought of this, my bones are totally chilled.
Orang-utans are in desperate decline, and that is a sad fact;
Their numbers will keep on dwindling, unless we humans act.
poem by Angela Wybrow
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Some of us just have to work harder to stay in the game.
quote by Sanaa Lathan
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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More Fun Than A Barrel Of Monkeys
there are multiple questions pertaining to the concept,
'more fun than a barrel of monkeys.'
how big is the barrel?
how many monkeys are we talking about?
how big are the monkeys? Are we talking spider monkeys, chimps, baboons or what?
Are the monkeys old or young and where's the barrel, inside or outside?
If you leave the monkeys in the barrel, you got a problem:
they'll die in their own excrement,
if you lift the lid and let them out,
they might kill you.
a monkey can rip out your eyes, is that fun?
monkeys, leaping and running around the house, can do a lot of damage, is that fun?
monkeys are dirty, so... what exactly do you consider fun?
what's it going to be like trying to get the monkeys back in the barrel?
would that be fun?
what would the neighbors think of you, if you released the monkeys into their yards?
what happens if the police gets involved?
it could mean everything imaginable is more fun than a barrel of these animals.
maybe even more fun than a barrel of human beings.
poem by Richard Jarboe
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When you have a play, you have to be on every night.
quote by Sanaa Lathan
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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If you're in love and there's that chemistry, that's what it's all about.
quote by Sanaa Lathan
Submitted by Veronica Serbanoiu
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Sometimes when you don't care, people are attracted to that.
quote by Sanaa Lathan
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When you're on a set it can be very tedious and slow. It's just not as big as when you see it on film.
quote by Sanaa Lathan
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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I wouldn't want anyone to destroy the earth.
quote by Sanaa Lathan
Submitted by Veronica Serbanoiu
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I look forward to going to work. Everybody is at the top of their game. It was like we just got to play.
quote by Sanaa Lathan
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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You would never expect a black woman to be the hero.
quote by Sanaa Lathan
Submitted by Veronica Serbanoiu
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I got nominated for a Tony, which was a complete surprise. It was an experience that I will always cherish.
quote by Sanaa Lathan
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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I'll eventually go back to theater because the feeling of being on stage where you have the audience right there, you can't replace that with anything.
quote by Sanaa Lathan
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American Assassin [trailer 2]
Dylan O'Brien, Scott Adkins, Taylor Kitsch, Shiva Negar, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, Sydney White, David Suchet, Kamil Lemieszewski
from American Assassin (2017)
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American Assassin
Dylan O'Brien, Scott Adkins, Taylor Kitsch, Shiva Negar, Michael Keaton, Sanaa Lathan, Sydney White, David Suchet, Kamil Lemieszewski
from American Assassin (2017)
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As different as me and Sigourney look is as different as these two characters are. I'm not filling her shoes. I'm doing a part that has the same monsters, but it's a completely different movie.
quote by Sanaa Lathan
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Monkeys Must Know What's Good For Them
Monkeys do mind,
How a banana peels.
And how that's done,
To quicken the taste.
Why bananas do appeal,
And not coconuts?
I had not seen this spoken.
Or discussed in a fuss.
The monkeys must know what's good for them.
As they get their vitamins.
And swing from high vines.
The monkeys must know what's good for them.
And we...
Unfortunately,
Are not monkeys.
The monkeys must know what's good for them.
As they get their vitamins.
And swing from high vines.
The monkeys must know what's good for them.
And we...
Unfortunately,
Are not monkeys.
Monkeys do mind,
How a banana peels.
And how that's done,
To quicken the taste.
Why bananas do appeal,
And not coconuts?
I had not seen this spoken.
Or discussed in a fuss.
And we...
Unfortunately,
Are not monkeys.
The monkeys must know what's good for them.
As they get their vitamins.
And swing from high vines.
Stripping exotic trees,
Of fruit they leave.
The monkeys must know what's good for them.
And we,
Unfortunately...
Are not monkeys.
The monkeys must know what's good for them.
And,
We...
Unfortunately,
Are not monkeys.
The monkeys must know what's good for them.
And we,
Unfortunately...
Are not monkeys.
Monkeys must know what's good for them.
But we...
Unfortunately,
Are not monkeys.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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In 1979, Alien came out and Sigourney was in it with a bunch a guys. Nobody at that time expected the woman to be the hero, so that was a tradition that started.
quote by Sanaa Lathan
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I had never picked up a basketball before. I went through a grueling audition process. It was almost as if I was learning to walk. It would be like teaching somebody to dance ballet for a role.
quote by Sanaa Lathan
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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People make jokes about how black people are the first ones to be killed off.
quote by Sanaa Lathan
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I did work out every day. I needed it to have the endurance to do what needed to be done and not get hurt. I have such a new respect for action stars now.
quote by Sanaa Lathan
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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