Nelson Mandela Quotes
No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens but its lowest ones.
Quotes to Explore
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I love the unexplainable. It would be so boring to me if everything could be explained.
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I'm the little dog who goes the wrong way - under the hoop.
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There's more to life than physical and material.
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Many faux pas of fashion can be avoided if you curb your instinctive desire to buy things with your heart instead of your head.
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My father taught me photography. It was his hobby, and we had a small darkroom in the fruit cellar of our basement. It was the kind of makeshift darkroom that was only dark at night.
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Puberty extends into your twenties, for sure, and some people don't get over that until much later in life. I feel like I'm just starting to get over puberty - basically twenty years of insufferable, totally self-obsessed hell.
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Allah will help him who moves in the way of Allah.
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Whenever I have tried to write for other people, that's when my writing has failed, when nobody wanted to read it or buy it. But it's only when I've been able to write a story that makes me excited, only then have other people wanted to read it.
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It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.
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It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
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I've always written about adultery because it raises the question of transgression and trouble.
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I grew up Catholic, so the more non-denominational Christian experience was a new experience for me.
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I've never read a screenplay in advance. You trust the artist.
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It has so happened in all ages of the world that some have labored, and others have, without labor, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits.
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I like big crowds. I find it easier to focus.
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Some music comes from a real place; some music comes from your imagination. It's difficult to find out what's real and what's not, especially with the gangster stuff.
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That's silly talk... Talk to my wife. She'll tell me I need to learn to just put my socks on the hamper.
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Men seek but one thing in life - their pleasure.
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Running and science draw on similar traits - stamina, ambition, patience, and the ability to overcome limits.
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My father was a farmer and my mother was a farmer, but, my childhood was very good. I am very grateful for my childhood, because it was full of gladness and good humanity.
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We all contribute to The National, and it's like a familiar family. Matt is dad, Brian's like the dark horse uncle, Scott's the long-suffering mum, and Aaron and I are the bratty twins.
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My mum taught me always to see the funny side of things.
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Yes, this is life; and everywhere we meet, Not victor crowns, but wailings of defeat.
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No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens but its lowest ones.
