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Quotes by South-african Authors
"Which goes to show you, you can make all the laws you want, but you cannot change people's ways. If you must change them, you have to understand that it will take a long time."
"You could feel hurt and rejected right now but you must know that both pain and rejection are not here to stay. They just passing by and they'll never take away the burning fire that resides in you called desire."
"Desire is the key to your achievement and to your destiny."
"I'm going to become the Pope next year. Nothing is impossible."
"Mykl d'Angelo groaned where he sat slumped in his chair. The irritating noise was unsettling his pet dog lying on his lap. The wickerwork garden chair creaked pleasantly under him and some native Earth birds made pleasant sounds above while the cool wind wafted over him as he lazily."
"An arrogant man whose arrogance we see from his own behaviour is more tolerable than a humble man whose humility we hear of from his own mouth."
"Not everyone who has killed themselves because they were HIV positive would have been killed by AIDS."
"Quit living for the world, live for yourself just you alone because it's starts with you."
"I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations."
"God promised you to give you dreams and visions, see Him as your great dream/vision giver."
"Religious extremism is fatal to those who don't conform to its values, or remold or submit themselves to its 'principles'. It craves control and power - and power is the one tool that enables it to wreak its characteristic havoc, destruction and cruelty upon those it chooses to label as scapegoats. Giving in to extremists enables them and empowers them - and worse, it encourages them."
"High heels are a short (theist) woman's (subconscious) way of telling God to go to hell - in public."
"I am usually able to tolerate all kinds of victims of indoctrination except those who have been infected with xenophobia, racism, or homophobia."
"Life punishes those who have things in abundance by making them worry about petty things like: what to wear, or, which car to drive."
"When religion ceases to be speculative and becomes factual and "true", it will become science. Science can be used to prove or disprove opinions, beliefs and accusations. Until any religion crosses that line, who is anyone to use their religion to judge others?"
"It is reasonable to reason with God because when you only rely on human reasoning, you will be diverted from your purpose."
"Swearing, d'Angelo entered the elevator. Fortunately, that was also still in order. When he got to the bridge, everything looked pretty ordinary " except for the third body of the day, which was lying spread-eagled on the deck with an almost comical look of surprise on his face. Jang was dead, although d'Angelo couldn't see the cause, but then, he was no doctor. He sighed dismally. Now he hadn't a navigator either. Or a crew for that matter."
"Some men, under the pressure of incarceration, showed true mettle, while others revealed themselves as less than what they had appeared to be."
"Literary Agent: "I meant manuscript wise.Tina: "Ohh. Um, yes. I've brought a few with me, just some rough drafts. (shuffle, shuffle) You might say something of an experiment."
"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."
"It seems to me that those who claim to be 'true' and 'bible believing' Christians and yet spend all their time and energy spreading unhappiness and hatred for others - and are themselves consumed by it - are by the very definition of the term - false prophets."
"If man was a logical creature: his last suspect-namely, his mouth-was going to be the first; whenever he thinks that someone, or, something is smelly."
"We preoccupy ourselves with what we had - or what we want to have - at the expense of what we have."
"The cartoons which I enjoy have caused some kind of out rage, but they have got people talking about these issues out in the open and in essence that's what its all about."
"I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism."
"It goes without saying that even those of us who are going to hell will get eternal life-if that territory really exists outside religious books and the minds of believers, that is. Having said that, given the choice, instead of being grilled until hell freezes over, the average sane human being would, needless to say, rather spend forever idling in an extremely fertile garden, next to a lamb or a chicken or a parrot, which they do not secretly want to eat, and a lion or a tiger or a crocodile, which does not secretly want to eat them."
"I would wear the blue overalls of the fieldworker and often wore round, rimless glasses known as Mazzawati teaglasses. I had a car, and I wore a chauffeur's cap with my overalls. The pose of chauffeur was convenient because I could travel under the pretext of driving my master's car."
"The idea of writer as sage is pretty much dead today. I would certainly feel very uncomfortable in the role."
"A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination."
"We report the news. Fox talks about the news."
"After a certain point, all natural bodily changes are for the worst."
"Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this."
"Live life as though nobody is watching, and express yourself as though everyone is listening."
"They've participated extensively in this conference and they are doing their best to help."
"I was proud to call Dr Rupert a friend. He was always a wonderful source of support and kindness."
"Nothing reminds one of how shitty inequality is more often than the fact that there are companies who make and people who use 1-ply toilet papers."
"I was employed as an investigator and my particular team, we were investigating the role of the business community in the genocide and we identified a bunch of leaders of the business community and I investigated two people."
"Unlike wealth, fame makes it easier for some men and more difficult for some to sleep around."
"Technically, all tattoos are temporary, even permanent ones."
"Chances are that there are white people who brag about being the first to move out of a suburb that has been intruded by blacks."
"Technically, according to the notion of the will of God, there is no such a thing as a competent surgeon."
"Being divorced does not necessarily make one's advice on marriage useless - or useful."
"However, the combination of civil resistance, of large-scale mass activities and strikes, with a certain degree of revolutionary violence, could provoke a crisis in the enemy's camp that would ultimately lead to essential changes."
"I have always thought that the rapid economic development of South Africa would in the long run prove to be incompatible with the government's racial policies, and recent events have tended to confirm my opinion."
"Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues - of my comrades in the movement - who had decided in their wisdom to use me for the purpose of focusing the attention of the country and the international community on me."
"Once a woman goes over 25, she prioritizes 'financial security' in a potential lover. Love and good looks are just a bonus."
"I am a writer, I write what I feel and what like."
"When you surround yourself with dramatic people, your life will be full of drama."
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