Nelson Mandela Quotes
There must be an end to white monopoly on political power, and a fundamental restructuring of our political and economic systems to ensure that the inequalities of apartheid are addressed and our society thoroughly democratized.
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I always carry lip balm and lipstick. Lipstick is a very important beauty product because I find that lips are the most beautiful feature of anyone's face.
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Why did I elope with my husband after knowing him for only four months? I wish I could show people the picture of the two of us that night and have them feel what I felt. But it's just a picture. It can only capture how things looked, not how they felt.
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It is not important what Rahul Gandhi thinks, its important what a billion Indians think.
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It is a remarkably easy thing to do, pointing out the faults of others and suggesting remedies or courses of action in an argumentative and pedantic sort of way, and I am still amazed that there are many people in the American media who are paid very big money to do this.
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Freedom and opportunity are precious gifts and the purpose of our politics is to expand them, for all our people.
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I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
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You can condemn and criticize religion... all those things are fine, but you can't mock and disrespect people.
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Coming up with ideas is really hard - they don't spontaneously pop into my head while I'm cutting vegetables.
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Writing is like a rollercoaster ride for me, an adventure. I love exploring the world through 'playing' people who are absolutely nothing like me.
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President Obama was never going repeal Obamacare - he was not going to be brought to his knees with the threat of a government shutdown.
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Everybody's social life in Jordan revolves around family.
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Israel will not divide its land. We're already too small.
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I just feel like growing up in Los Angeles, you learn, 'Well you're never gonna be the prettiest girl in the room, so just don't even try.' I mean, I care about being pretty, but it's not my most valued thing.
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It's going to cost trillions of dollars to rework the energy sources all over the world. Were going to have to move away from fossil fuels.
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We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
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If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
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All you needed back then was a blow dryer and a dream.
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You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work.
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Free and fair access to books - to reading - is a right and one we should fight for.
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I'm not a communist, just a media theorist.
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I don't have a problem with anybody in Toronto.
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We are born with faculties and powers capable almost of anything, such at least as would carry us farther than can easily be imagined: but it is only the exercise of those powers, which gives us ability and skill in any thing, and leads us towards perfection.
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Nobility is expensive, nonproductive, and parasitic, siphoning away too much of society’s energy to satisfy its frivolous cravings.
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There must be an end to white monopoly on political power, and a fundamental restructuring of our political and economic systems to ensure that the inequalities of apartheid are addressed and our society thoroughly democratized.
