Desmond Tutu Quotes
There is always the possibility of change. If it happened in South Africa, why can't it happen anywhere?
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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I do Athlete Devotion throughout all my fight camps. I am a Christian, so I fight with God first, and I have my devotions with me everywhere I go.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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When I learnt to write I became my own master, I became very strong, and that strength is with me to this very day.
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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It would be nice to be on the charts again, nice to be recognised.
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When I was first elected I got 50% of the vote in '77 in the general election. In '81 I got 75%. In '85, I got 78%. No mayor has ever gotten that high a vote. So it was not an issue. Except for people who were very hostile to me. They thought they would injure me.
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This quality, I mean Geoffrey was with me, was very easy doing - he loved me very much, I loved him very much, and we understood each other so well that it was a pleasure to make music.
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If I'm confirmed, I'll be myself.
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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I'm not just a normal guy. I'm a gymnast.
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Yves Saint Laurent was the first person who made me feel like a woman.
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My bag always weighs a ton. I carry my whole bathroom with me. You never know what's going to happen in a day!
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The Chinese are brought up to believe that you should be silent in class. The teacher speaks, and you just listen and absorb what they say.
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As an actor, I think you should always disappear a little. I act in order to lose myself.
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I've been wrestling since I was 18 years old. And within the first five months of my wrestling career, I'd already had three concussions. And for years after that, I would get a concussion here and there, and it gets to the point that when you've been wrestling for 16 years, that adds up to a lot of concussions.
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Race and class are extremely reliable indicators as to where one might find the good stuff, like parks and trees, and where one might find the bad stuff, like power plants and waste facilities.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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I had challenges to overcome as a child, and that was good.
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I think a lot of us are a lot more cautious with marriage because of what we saw happening with our parents. I see a lot more healthy marriages in my generation than they probably saw in theirs.
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I do standup every week in L.A. at the Laugh Factory and the Improv.
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I was always such an incredible fan of John Woo, I just wanted to do this film with him.
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Blood is one of the things that made fights cool. Like, you knew it had gotten serious. I understand why we don't do it anymore.
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There is always the possibility of change. If it happened in South Africa, why can't it happen anywhere?
