Nelson Mandela Quotes
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Don't assume that the answers are out there in the form of somebody else already doing something. Sometimes they are. But you have to think beyond that.
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I like films to be complete in their written form.
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear.
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I am the least intimidating person. I think I would have done better in my career if I were a little more intimidating. Even the maid who comes to work for me once a week has found out that she can just trample over me... I'm a Cancer! We are not ferocious people.
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In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
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We don't have as many managers as we should, but we would rather have too few than too many.
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I'm consistently telling stories about the value of the human condition and connectedness and things like that.
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I am used to looking good. In a way, if I thought I looked like the back end of a bus, I probably wouldn't have done 'Strictly Come Dancing' and gone out there in public.
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'Mean' is a song I wrote about somebody who wrote things that were so mean so many times that it would ruin my day. Then it would ruin the next day. And it would level me so many times, I just felt like I was being hit in the face every time this person would take to their computer.
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When I look at myself, I'd like not to have hair on the top of the ceiling.
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I spent 250 to 300 days of every year on the road. But in the end, I felt something was missing. I needed to be anchored so I could concentrate, so in 2000, I established a new methodology - the one I use today. I spent the week in my office and travelled every weekend, even at Christmas.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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Editing is a natural extension of the collage making. It's actually one of the few areas that women were able to excel in in the film industry from the beginning.
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Of course, individuals vary greatly within each racial group and should be treated as such.
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I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword.
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It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.
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Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis.
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I always crave to see more stories about and by people of color, particularly new work by young black writers.
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Being on set with my dad - that's so cool. People always ask me if that made me nervous, but it's the same element when you're a kid - when your parents come in the auditorium for those school performances. It calms you.
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When we talk about change, we, the business leaders, have to implement it. We have to look at what we're not doing and what we should be doing.
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The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.
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Never lend people money you can't afford to give them as a gift.
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Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.