Cyril Ramaphosa Quotes
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Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now.
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The greater the conceptual significance of a literary product, the more it should be assumed that it is based on an idea that determines the whole, and that the deeper consciousness of the time to which it belongs is reflected in it.
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I wish I'd gone to music school or just started playing in bands sooner.
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It's really hard for kids nowadays: you can get a decent education, but there are no jobs out there. You worry about how they are ever going to afford to live anywhere.
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The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
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At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was this gangly, spotty, very unattractive kid. I wasn't cool and I wasn't a nerd. I didn't even want to fit in with anyone.
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I think that, as a white person stepping into doing any sort of anti-systematic-racism type of work, asking yourself, 'What is your intention?' needs to happen on a consistent basis. Check yourself. Check yourself. Check yourself, like, constantly.
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One is forever throwing away substance for shadows.
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I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.
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I think it's really important to be conscious of yourself and the world around you. For me, that meant reading a lot and reporting.
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Sadly, in the name of progress, we have polluted the air, water, soil and the food we eat.
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Everyone's past is locked up in their recipes - the past of an individual and the past of a nation as well.
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My only fantasy about writing was that in my old days, after directing many masterpieces, I would write my memoirs.
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This is America, not a banana republic.
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Justice Scalia is predictable. He can be counted on to come down with a conservative opinion, and generally, to bring Justice Clarence Thomas with him.
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My experiences in the military, the private sector, and as a congressional staffer were at times almost enough to drive me crazy. Writing offered the all-too-often-cited creative outlet.
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In a sense it's a lot crazier when you're on the road and it's a lot less stable, but it's actually really healthy for me because it keeps me from isolating, which I tend to do a lot.
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Here is God's purpose - for God, to me, it seems, is a verb not a noun, proper or improper.
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I would love to do some straight drama. A lot of times it's not up to the actor, it's up to the producer. It's up to the powers that be.
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We are all a unique person with everyone we meet.
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Never had a mentor In this shit
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I would love to have a part opposite a great actor - like, say, Pacino or De Niro or Hoffman. And to work with a top director. That's my dream.
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We have raised an issue that is already in the Bolivian constitution, that water is a universal human right. And we asked the United Nations to recognize water as a human right.
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Things such as corruption is a big thing in the ANC.
