Joe Slovo Quotes
The whole of that part of Southern Africa which is controlled by racial minorities is experiencing either consistent and regular guerilla activity or is faced with advanced preparation for its commencement.
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Growing up, I was always in normal public school which is very important in my eyes.
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When I was about five or seven years old my mother was placed in a mental institution and so we were with our father who worked very hard, and we had to figure a lot of things out.
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The older you get, the more comfortable you become with yourself, and you accept what you have physically.
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I have a very feminine voice when I write, a very womanly point of view. My last name feels strong and powerful. To me, it's almost a bit masculine. I like the dichotomy of the two. Two sides perfectly represented within my name.
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When you're the president of the United States, you have no money unless the Congress says, 'Here's what you can spend it on.'
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Harry Potter is awesome.
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The kids growing up in the apartheid era were so restricted and angry - if they spoke out against it, they were thrown in jail.
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I love Damien Hirst. I respect his work a great deal, and I am happy that the polka dots I started using have become a symbol of love and peace around the world with everybody joining hands to use them in this way.
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What we're doing is fun - if you have any sense of humor at all!
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I don't cook very well at all. I'm the girl that can't make scrambled eggs.
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Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories.
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I have a weird obsession with wearing not just fashion sneakers, but actual sneakers that have bounce, because I want to feel like I'm in an active state.
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There is an enormous pressure placed on gay novelists because they are the only spokespeople. The novelist's first obligation is to be true to his own vision, not to be some sort of common denominator or public relations man to all gay people.
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School teachers, taking them by and large, are probably the most ignorant and stupid class of men in the whole group of mental workers.
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Legal and economic equality are absolutely necessary remedies for the Fall, and protection against cruelty.
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Be nice to people – all people – even when you don't have to be. Everybody is important.
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Once sex rears its ugly 'ead it's time to steer clear.
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The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
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When it comes to Chinese food I have always operated under the policy that the less known about the preparation the better. A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere.
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I believe that the definition of luck is when preparation meets with opportunity.
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Race affects everything that I do, and everything that I create speaks to intersectionality.
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It's like a child who is used to having ice cream whenever he wants. When it doesn't come when he asks he tends to get confused and nervous.
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The whole of that part of Southern Africa which is controlled by racial minorities is experiencing either consistent and regular guerilla activity or is faced with advanced preparation for its commencement.
