Desmond Tutu Quotes
He has a childlike, boyish, impish, mischievousness. And I have to try and make him behave properly, like a holy man!
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I'm like John Q. Public. I represent what every guy wants and needs.
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During a transformation, it's understandable to be hesitant about moving too fast, especially at the outset.
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I was very innocent and shielded as a child, so I didn't know a lot about music or dancing. When I was in Primary Six, no one would participate in a talent show, so I decided to go on. When the audience applauded me, I felt euphoric, and I started dancing right after that!
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Working with great writers can be humbling and frightening, but it can also change you for good, forever.
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I told God, 'I don't want a man. I don't want more gold albums. The only thing I want is the love, friendship, and presence of my mother.' And God gave it to me.
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Every child has a right to learn in an environment that is safe.
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Even if it's a wonderful life, you wanna go somewhere and see the way other people reflect on the world and the lives that we're all living... I think regional theater is the life blood of our cultural lives.
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We coin concepts and we use them to analyse and explain nature and society. But we seem to forget, midway, that these concepts are our own constructs and start equating them with reality.
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Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
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Fifth Harmony is an entity or identity outside all of us, and I don't think anybody felt individually represented by the sound - we didn't make it.
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Remember, social progress only happens when those in society's privileged classes choose to give up their status.
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I regard myself as a soldier, though a soldier of peace.
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One of the redeeming things about being an athlete is redefining what is humanly possible.
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So far as living instruments of labour are concerned, for instance horses, their reproduction is timed by nature itself. Their average lifetime as instruments of labour is determined by the laws of nature. As soon as this term has expired they must be replaced by new ones. A horse cannot be replaced piecemeal; it must be replaced by another horse.
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There are few efforts more conducive to humility than that of the translator trying to communicate an incommunicable beauty. Yet, unless we do try, something unique and never surpassed will cease to exist, except in the libraries of a few inquisitive book lovers.
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How commentators each dark passage shun,And hold their farthing candle to the sun.
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Among human beings, the subjection of women is much more complete at a certain level of civilization than it is among savages. And the subjection is always reinforced by morality.
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For this video I tried to get a glimpse of Batman's rear end, but it's as if his cape is a piece of high-tech Wayne-Industries equipment designed to cover up his butt at all costs.
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I think there's always satisfaction that comes from digging in and telling a story and being on the front line and writing about it. I think there's a venue available if you look. Even print journalism is in good shape in areas.
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The window of X Factor opportunity opens up in the closing seconds of a race-you might be sprinting at the time or just hanging one, trying to get across the finish line. With a supreme act of will, you can prolong your effort, essentially fighting off the inevitable lactic acid shutdown. You'll have little time for contemplating the options: either wholeheartedly go for it, or back off. You must train your X Factor to unequivocally respond the way you want-go for it. Once the window is closed, it's closed forever.
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If culture was a railroad, I can see the tracks running from the Spirituals to the Hip Hop Nation.
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It’s not how much time you spend doing what you love. It’s how little time you spend doing what you hate.
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Ideas, though, are not singular. They are forged through tens of thousands of decisions, often made by dozens of people.
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He has a childlike, boyish, impish, mischievousness. And I have to try and make him behave properly, like a holy man!
