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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People's mood is really determined primarily by their genetic make-up and personality, and in the second place by their immediate context, and only in the third and fourth place by worries and concerns and other things like that.
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When I have a breakthrough in music and I hear the melody in my hands: that's when I get compelled - something in my gut just has to rise up and sing and put something to that.
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The praise we seek for our own virtues sometimes tempts us to flatter the imperfections of other men.
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I have always felt very fortunate to be have good people. You know, talent will carry you for so far but the values of the people around that should make the difference.
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Things such as corruption is a big thing in the ANC.
