Alan Paton Quotes
I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.
Quotes to Explore
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Democracy opens new vistas and opportunities. We should use the opportunities it offers to correct past mistakes not to blunder anew.
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Surprisingly, I'm not a fan of guns or anything like that!
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The arts can play a vital role in revitalizing neighborhoods, using and improving vacant space, bringing new jobs and new sense of opportunity, and improving public safety by generating more foot traffic and more eyes on the street.
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I write songs, and I sing them. I never formulated a plan; I can't tell anyone else how to do this. But it feels right, so I just kind of enjoy it and get on with it.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
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If you don't get killed, it's a lucky day for anybody.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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The utilization of flat roofs as 'grounds' offers us a means of re-acclimatizing nature amidst the stony deserts of our great towns; for the plots from which she has been evicted to make room for buildings can be given back to her up aloft.
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No phone, a movie, a glass of wine, and some salad. Perfect!
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One of the things I like best about the Halloween show is that I change outfits about six times in the show. It is a lot of fun to play the different characters.
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There should be a policy to have a mechanism in place to decide when and how to import or export.
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For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial 'I eat ethnic food', to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.
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The idea of regretting not doing this seemed insane to me. Sitting in the corner at a bar at age 60, saying: 'I could've been Bond. Buy me a drink.' That's the saddest place I could be. At least now at 60 I can say: 'I was Bond. Now buy me a drink.'
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The military executes policy decisions.
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Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed.
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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Having never been in control of his own life, his idea of freedom was simply to break free.
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I just don't think I'm equipped to soundtrack the times. There might be someone out there who can do that, but I haven't cracked it.
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The bruise on the heart which at first feels incredibly tender to the slightest touch eventually turns all the shades of the rainbow and stops aching. We forget about it. We even forget we have hearts until the next time. And then we wonder how we ever could have forgotten. We think this one is better, because, in fact, we cannot fully remember the time before.
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The way to my heart is by being truthful and spontaneous.
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Once upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters. The elder was so much like her, both in looks and character, that whoever saw the daughter saw the mother.
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I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they are turned to loving, they will find that we are turned to hating.
