Nelson Mandela Quotes
We thank all our distinguished international guests for having come to take possession with the people of our country of what is, after all, a common victory for justice, for peace, for human dignity. We trust that you will continue to stand by us as we tackle the challenges of building peace, prosperity, non-sexism, non-racialism and democracy.
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Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life.
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I don't really see myself as a celebrity, but more as a sort of mitre.
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When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thing. There's rap and there's music.
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I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.
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The only real indulgence was buying a house. That was a pretty big step.
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Every man I meet is in some way my superior.
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A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic.
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If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.
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I had an excellent math and physics teacher in high school named T.C. Patel, and in the university, I had truly dedicated professors in both physics and mathematics who gave me a sound foundation with which to pursue graduate studies.
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I like me better naked. I don't mean that in a vain way... When you put clothes on, you immediately put a character on. Clothes are adjectives, they are indicators. When you don't have any clothes on, it's just you, raw, and you can't hide.
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I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.
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I am one of maybe three people in the world who knows anything about Robert W. Chambers.
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The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me to do - get my blood checked regularly, take my meds and consult with my doctor and follow any additional instructions he might make - I will be able to maintain my good health and live my life with a minimum of disruptions to my lifestyle.
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People don't want to serve apprenticeships any more. Kids expect to be paid and treated really well and all that guff before they've achieved anything. It doesn't work like that. You have to spend five or six years being relatively rubbish and put up with it. For that you don't deserve to be getting lottery money.
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A will finds a way.
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It's nice to just be a kid and hang out with your friends at lunch.
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A lot of middle-aged women are children still trying to find their way.
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It was always easy for me. I was born very rich and lucky.
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The work of the individual still remains the spark that moves mankind ahead even more than teamwork.
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Our leaders pay lip service to the freedoms that democracy provides while actually supporting an economic structure that imprisons its citizens under more and more debt.
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Nothing ever turns out the way people expect it to.
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The problem is that the East is producing missiles and the West is producing pacifists.
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My favorite makeup look was for my 'Eyes Wide Open' video done by Torsten Witte. It was so dramatic and definitely captured the magic of the video.
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We thank all our distinguished international guests for having come to take possession with the people of our country of what is, after all, a common victory for justice, for peace, for human dignity. We trust that you will continue to stand by us as we tackle the challenges of building peace, prosperity, non-sexism, non-racialism and democracy.
