F. W. de Klerk Quotes
I have made the most profound apology in front of the Truth Commission and on other occasions about the injustices which were wrought by apartheid.
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Our number one priority is to spend every peso possible to include those who are currently excluded.
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The truth is, there's an information blockade in America, and it must be broken. In order to find crucial facts, numbers and outside perspectives, a person must spend an hour searching and cross-searching on the computer.
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When it looks like I may live longer than five minutes I'll drop cigarettes like a hot potato.
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You don't go into politics unless you want to win.
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I believe in the free enterprise system.
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I got a bike when I was little, a BMX. I called it 'Fido Dido' after the tough little cartoon guy with spiked hair. I thought he was the coolest thing ever.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.
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The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures.
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We live in a digital world, but we're fairly analog creatures.
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As far as my journal, I want to share tour life with my fans.
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People say you should go out at the top but I was enjoying my football so much. Robbie Fowler's exactly the same: he's not playing for money any more, he's playing for enjoyment. Why go out at the top if it's going to make you miserable? I just wanted to play as long as I could.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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Pressure selling is firmly rooted in American economic life, and I'm sorry it is, for it should not be necessary. Some people think part of the panic following 1929 was due to too much pressure in selling.
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I very much admire Uri Ariel. I think he's a man of principles, and effective, and I love him.
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One day, I want to make a PG film.
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Every role is a new form of surrender.
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I am not an expert on Chinese science fiction. I probably know more than anyone else in the West, but that doesn't actually mean I am an expert.
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In Tamil, the actors have to take care of themselves quite well and that is something I am all set to be serious about.
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During the primary, I heard the audible voice of God. He said, 'Credibility.' It wasn't a thought in my head. I thought it meant I was going to win. But after the primary, I got credibility.
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The sign of a good decision is the multiplicity of reasons for it.
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I get some of my ideas from watching my three daughters, but most of them come from my own memories of growing up. I can remember how romantic I was, not just about love, but romance in the classic sense - the romantic ideals: of honor and truth, of loyalty, sacrifice and fairness. Those were the elements that made a story satisfying to me.
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I have made the most profound apology in front of the Truth Commission and on other occasions about the injustices which were wrought by apartheid.
