Bantubonke Harrington Holomisa (Bantu Holomisa) Quotes
Where in this wide world can man find nobility without pride, friendship without envy, or beauty without vanity?
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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I would be very happy doing movies. I love to work and I think I'm a little different.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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If our country is serious about reducing our dependency on foreign oil, we need to get serious about mobilizing the infrastructure necessary to distribute and dispense the next generation of fuels.
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I used to come up with these crazy jobs to try and provoke my parents but they said, 'You can be anything you want.' So I was like, 'I want to be a garbage man' and they were like 'That's OK, we'll still love you!'
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The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
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I don't study cricket too much. Whatever I have learned or experienced is through cricket I've played on the field, and whatever little I have watched.
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Fifteen- to 30-year-olds are interested in all kinds of intelligent movies - it doesn't have to be a broad comedy or an action adventure for them to go see it.
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Cloture is simply cutting off debate.
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I'm an honorable human being. I know what to do and what not to do, and if I'm wrong, I always apologize. I'm a big enough man to do that.
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It was cool to meet Cris Carter. That dude has some of the best hands to have played the game.
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It's better to be skinny than to be fat.
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Jazz is not something that can be defined through blunt instruments. It is much more poetic than that.
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The audience may not have felt it was right, and the author may have felt a little upset, but every part I've played I've twisted around in my mind until I've made it into something of my own. Looking back over it, I didn't deliberately sit down and plan like that, but it does read like it.
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All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure which seizes only one side of your being and so distorts you.
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One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.
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Books hold most of the secrets of the world, most of the thoughts that men and women have had. And when you are reading a book, you and the author are alone together-just the two of you.
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People travel because it's a treat. For me, staying at home is a treat.
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My initial attraction to 'Red Tails' was the opportunity to play a character that was not me. 'Stomp the Yard' was a great film, but I played myself there.
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In a world built on violence, one must be a revolutionary before one can be a pacifist.
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Where in this wide world can man find nobility without pride, friendship without envy, or beauty without vanity?
