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"All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being born a Zulu, or for having that culture."
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"One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often."
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"He not busy being born is busy dying."
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"Initiative is doing the right thing without being told."
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"Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent."
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"Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light."
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"The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions."
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"You cannot be a hero without being a coward."
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"The surest method of being incomprehensible or, moreover, to be misunderstood is to use words in their original sense; especially words from the ancient languages."
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"I loved being in Close Encounters, just to watch Steven Spielberg working was exciting."
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"There's nothing undignified about lying about all day and being waited on by servants, sipping bloody champagne."
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"I remain your servant and I will do as you ask of me."
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"I rejected the armed struggle because, as a Christian, I am committed to a nonviolent and peaceful struggle. But people take their own initiatives, because it is a Lebanon type of situation here."
People
"I am not the kind of leader who pontificates about what should be done - I don't operate on scenarios, and I am not a prophet."
Leadership
"My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves."
People
"Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this."
Politics
"And the basis on which we agreed to operate with them involved a manifesto, where it states that we proceed from different ideologies and policies. One thing that we insisted on was that they should take an oath to reject racism and discrimination."
Politics
"AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for something more specific and far-reaching."
Challenge
"We are here because we are determined to offer the people of the Western Cape choices which are long overdue."
People
"Personally, I believe in self-determination, but in the context of one South Africa - so that my self-determination is based in this region, and with my people."
People
"All of our forebears contributed to what South Africa has become. That does not, however, mean that I must apologize to anyone for being born a Zulu, or for having that culture."
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