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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If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
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I got to write most of everything I said.
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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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Apologetics has an important place in the local church as we seek to influence our communities for Christ in an increasingly skeptical culture.
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Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information.
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I'm not a big one for lots of genitals flapping in the films.
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It's funny because looking back at my first contest, I was 15 and surfing the Haleiwa contest wearing this tiny bikini. I remember not even thinking twice about wearing it - I just thought it was normal.
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Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera.
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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.
