P. W. Botha Quotes
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Although I grew up as a fan of the culture from the disco D.J. era as a young kid and hearing the beginnings of hip-hop, I'm hearing it all from another borough in Brooklyn.
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If we don't have God in our life, we're considered dead.
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I've always loved working out. When I was little, my dad used to make me and my sister do 10 press-ups every day before we brushed our teeth in the morning. It was like a boot camp! Then I did a lot of athletics at school and was a dancer.
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We are the only country in the world that has taken people from so many different backgrounds, which is a great achievement by itself, but an even greater achievement is that we have turned all of that variety and diversity into unity.
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At the end of the day, don't forget that you're a person, don't forget you're a mother, don't forget you're a wife, don't forget you're a daughter.
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There can be no great courage where there is no confidence or assurance, and half the battle is in the conviction that we can do what we undertake.
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I can't imagine going on when there are no more expectations.
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In many ways, our campaign this year will be the same as last time: We're still going to focus on fixing up basics and cleaning up ethics at City Hall.
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If I am honest, my food is actually quite far removed from both the food of my mother and my father.
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The best advice that was given to me was that I had to be 10 times smarter, braver and more polite to be equal. So I did.
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There are a lot of factors in the life of an F1 driver which can combine to make you believe that you are somehow above normality. I think that is a mistake to start believing that. But, at the same time, it is important to be confident.
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I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.
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Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn.
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I try to work on shows that I would want to watch.
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Life is like a movie-since there aren't any commercial breaks, you have to get up and go to the bathroom in the middle of it.
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We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than that only freedom can make security secure.
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I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.
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I'd long wanted to write about that moment when a woman steps off the career track to have her first child. For me, that was a scary time.
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I really like one-on-one, rich relationships.
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I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!
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The problem of direct colour photography has been facing us since the turn of the last century.
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I think his greatest fault is his failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done. This is a great weakness in any man.
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You do not want to get married at 22! Especially if you're famous, because girls are going to be throwing themselves at you.
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We do not want chaos in South Africa.
