Alan Paton Quotes

I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they (the whites of South Africa) have turned to loving, they will find we (the blacks) are turned to hating.

Alan Paton

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• Heart
• Fear
• South Africa

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• The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.

  

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• I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.

  

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• If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.

  

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• I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.

  

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• I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.

  

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• If we're doing a class project, then I'm going to be the one talking and taking the lead. I might not necessarily put all of the work in the project, but I want to help and do as much as I can and get everyone going in the right direction.

  

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• Anyone who thinks it's smart to cut immigration is sentencing Australia to poverty.

  

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• There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices.

  

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• There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that.

  

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• Mind is everything. Muscle - pieces of rubber. All that I am, I am because of my mind.

  

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• Our censorship has sort of gotten a little too far. Too much censorship is just as bad as having none at all. Children need to be exposed to things, because if they don't see it, eventually, it's not like it's not going to happen, but it's just that there needs to be a balance.

  

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• I'm tired of malicious articles slandering me.

  

  Barbra Streisand
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• I'm a good guy. I love playing bad guys, but good guys that have a good thing going on, I like that, too. I don't like passive good guys.

  

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• The Gospel itself is angular. It always has been. It always conflicts. It always challenges every generation. It challenges different generations in different ways.

  

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• A mass of dust, world's momentary slave, Is man, in state of our old Adam made, Soon born to die, soon flourishing to fade.

  

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• I'm never, like I say, I'm never happy, I'm never satisfied, it's never good enough.

  

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• I'm always walking around with headphones on, creating my own soundtracks to whatever the day is. I think I have a poppy sensibility.

  

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• It's just extremely difficult to shoot with five dogs. They're great, and the people who handle them are amazing. But they're animals.

  

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• It would have been better to come back at the same hour,” said the fox. “If, for example, you came at four o’clock in the afternoon, then at three o’clock I shall begin to be happy. I shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances. At four o’clock, I shall already be worrying and jumping about. I shall show you how happy I am! But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you . . . One must observe the proper rites . . .

  

  Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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• Yielding, like ice about to melt.

  

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• I have one great fear in my heart, that one day when they (the whites of South Africa) have turned to loving, they will find we (the blacks) are turned to hating.

  

  Alan Paton
  • Great
  • Heart
  • Fear