Nelson Mandela Quotes
Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues - of my comrades in the movement - who had decided in their wisdom to use me for the purpose of focusing the attention of the country and the international community on me.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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I've been accused of wanting to allow terrorists to have weapons to attack America.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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I suppose I have played a lot of put-upon women, but it's never bothered me. They've never been weak – they've always got steel in them.
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I'm annoying to be around because I keep twitching.
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
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Museums are western inventions where the rich and the powerful or the government and the state tend to exhibit the signs and symbol and images of their culture.
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I'm always looking to do things that are really different from each other.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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The best part about the movie, and everybody seems to rave about it, is the boot camp part.
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You know you've been around a long time when your stuntman says, 'Yeah, my grandfather doubled you.'
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Good architecture should be a projection of life itself, and that implies an intimate knowledge of biological, social, technical, and artistic problems.
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The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every calling, is diligence.
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I really like to sometimes go into food detox and eat very simply.
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Sometimes it's nice just being in your own room and having a quiet night and relaxing and getting ready for the game.
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I liked St. Louis, when they were in the American League, because that was going home. I had all my family and friends there.
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I was put on a pony as a kid at some birthday party when you're all led around.
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Georgia, like Ukraine and Moldova, is a sovereign state. If we accept, in practice, that Russia can alter borders by force, we signal to Moscow that it can violate international norms with impunity. We can hardly then complain if the Kremlin meddles in American elections, or orders murders on British soil.
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We have to be serious and consistent if we believe the European Union makes sense. I believe it makes sense.
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I'm pretty upfront about my love and admiration for the military. One of the perks of making movies is that you get to sort of follow your own passions, and I believe quite passionately that we don't pay enough attention and respect to our veterans. Not just our wounded veterans, but all veterans.
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The key benefits of a Special Purpose National Bank Charter are uniform regulations, standards, supervision, and authority for emerging financial technology companies to operate nationwide.
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If religion had a good purpose, then man would have created something great. But we're man: we mess up everything. We mess up nature. We mess up God. We take what is given to us and make it into what we think it should be.
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Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues - of my comrades in the movement - who had decided in their wisdom to use me for the purpose of focusing the attention of the country and the international community on me.
