André Brink Quotes
It don’t matter how far a river run. It never forget where it come from. That is all that is important.
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I loved getting to Chagrin Falls, being by the falls; what a cute place it is.
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For about 175,000 people, Chiranjeevi Blood Bank has supplied blood for free in times of emergency. This is because of the service-oriented attitude of Mega fans.
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In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.
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I'm not afraid to die - it's just that I had so much left to do in this world.
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In our world of rampant 'individualisation', relationships are mixed blessings. They vacillate between a sweet dream and a nightmare, and there is no telling when one turns into the other.
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When the British became Christian, Christianity in no way altered their political organisation.
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Looking out at the ocean, it's easy to feel small - and to imagine all your troubles, suddenly insignificant, slipping away. Earth's seven oceans seem vast and impenetrable, but a closer look tells another story.
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One cannot plan for the unexpected.
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The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration, is also the thing that makes a band break up because then you begin to feel confined. Like, who am I as an individual, as a writer, as a performer?
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In 1787, many Americans were convinced that the 'perpetual union' they had created in winning independence was collapsing. Six years earlier, in the Articles of Confederation, the thirteen state governments had surrendered extensive powers to a congress of delegates from each state legislature.
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I'm constantly maxing out my Gmail account, and that is hard to do.
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It is faith that drives us to build, a belief that we cannot be limited by lack of nerve or airspace.
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We provide business advice and guidance. We started it here in India first, and now we have taken it globally. India was the first for startup incubation in the world for us.
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You can spend your money on art works and sit down and look at them. Or you can use your money to help people.
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True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.
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If you think you can slander a woman into loving you, or a man into voting for you, try it till you are satisfied.
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The opening lines of a book are so important. You really need to somehow charm your reader. If you can't get her attention in the first pages, you may have lost her. There has to be an ambience.
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If you carry joy in your heart, you can heal any moment.
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Obama was elected in a flourish of promise that many in the African-American community believed would help not only to symbolize African-American progress since the Civil War and Civil Rights Acts but that his presidency would result in doors opening in the halls of power as had never been seen before by black America.
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When I started out as an actor I knew very little, which was probably a good thing. I was totally open. You don't judge yourself, you do it.
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Darling -- I suppose the world would consider us absolutely crazy, but it is wonderful to feel that way, isn't it? Sort of a perpetual springtime in our hearts.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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Creativity now is as important in education as literacy, and we should treat it with the same status.
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It don’t matter how far a river run. It never forget where it come from. That is all that is important.
