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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We are doing everything we can to protect the food supply. And I can tell you that we're making decisions based upon sound science and good public policy, given the circumstances that we are now in.
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Video is so primal. When you can hear a person talking about the project, and can see his or her passion, it is unbelievably powerful. I don't want to make it seem like projects without a video fail.
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It's not like I'm taking 20 grand from the shows. I mean there's no record label, so this is a genuine thing. And I think most people can see that. I think that anyone who knows me, knows I do things with integrity.
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I've always wanted to do something where I aged a lot, went from young girl to dowager.
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If I were an innocent individual, flown to a foreign country and held for several years and tortured, I'd become a terrorist, too. I'd go to war against the U.S.
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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.
