The First Grader (2010)
Oliver Litondo: Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge
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Quotes
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Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge : I will continue learning, I want to become a vet.
Jane Obinchu : [laughing] A vet? Maruge, you'll be almost 100 years old.
Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge : I will never stop learning until I have soil in my ears.
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Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge : Do you think I'm too old to learn?
Jane Obinchu : My father had a saying. He was not an educated man, he was a fisherman, but he said 'you never stop learning until you have soil in your ears'.
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Jane Obinchu : Mmzee, why does someone as old as yourself want to go to school?
Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge : I want to learn to read.
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Jane Obinchu : Mmzee, they meant for children, not adults.
Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge : No, I heard it on the radio, with my own ears, they said 'everybody'.