Samora Machel Quotes
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To grow up knowing you're loved is astounding. It's a huge gift to a child.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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Gut feeling is all about the experiences that you have had in your life. It is about being in difficult scenarios, knowing what worked, what did not work, and then taking a decision.
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Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.
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Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most irreverent satirists.
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Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.
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I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are the people who work hard and do their stuff right, like firefighters and policemen.
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My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world.
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More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all.
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You can't say somebody is a bust if they're making plays and running to the ball.
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Writing wasn't about making money. I wanted to find fulfillment in writing and telling stories, and that's what's driven me.
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But freedom, liberty, is an attribute of the soul and it may exist even when the body is in bondage.
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You always care about your teammates, and you care about the game.
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
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I'm the best Twitterer.
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Sports, as a media property, is increasingly valuable because it's something you have to have live. As a result, we're a better touch point for sponsors and advertisers because our commercials typically don't get zapped out.
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You can't fight the fact that Detroit is a de-industrializing market and it isn't facing dramatic, positive transformation.
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If you're ruling the world, you can't trust anybody. Because even those who profess to be working in your interest - those are also villains in and of their own right.
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I've always loved the electric guitar: to hold it and work it and hear what it does is unreal.
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I could have made $2bn or $3bn - and ended up with some very cruel addiction - but I chose to be a civil rights warrior instead.
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Growing up I always used to shop in Oxfam. I'd find things for 50p and then take them home, cut them up and make them into something new.
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For the nation to live, the tribe must die.
