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Quotes by South-african Authors
"Once a woman goes over 25, she prioritizes 'financial security' in a potential lover. Love and good looks are just a bonus."
"If we refuse to accept knowledge because it frightens us, we will never grow. If we give in to fear, we will never outgrow hatred."
"The concern around probable questions, which in a sense have been hidden, will grow around the world and the matter is critical, the reason we are doing all this is so we can respond correctly to what is reported to be a major catastrophe on the African continent."
"If you knew what I would become in the future, would you have treated me the same way today?."
"No movement finding itself in this stage of struggle can operate by getting authority from the leading body of the political organs for even minor action that is taken and we don't even know in the case of the actions which have publicize whether they are in fact our people."
"Slavery of the heart, oh Love - a prisoner of will thou art - proof that love, while blissful, can oft also be Hell. Demonstrative definition thou art, that love can be strategic as well!"
"When you decided to share your dreams with others be aware of discouraging response. Don't try to justify yourself when it happens. Keep calm and keep your eyes on the prize (your dreams)."
"Imagine if you will:At the highly secretive, largely independent, inter-dimensional and (inevitably) clandestine organization called the Time Saving Agency, there is a saying that goes: 'You can't break an omelet without first making eggs'. While this may appear to be a rather flippant little idiom, there is " as is usually the case, far more to it than meets the eye."
"Those who find it hypocritical of others to use, say, a smartphone, to speak ill of capitalism, needs to be reminded that capitalism is an ideology, not a technology."
"Anger - justifiable anger in the face of oppression and prejudice - should not be mistaken for hatred."
"So for a year I spent all my time hiding from Jack Charlton in the car park practising my skills."
"Positive thinking can move mountains, fill up valleys and it can make dry bones to become alive again."
"Authenticity is the seed of your identity and you can't go wrong with it in life."
"When we pray, we pray according God's word which helps us to grow in faith."
"The boring thing about being interesting is that you bore boring people."
"People wonder who is who,Everyone is different - even you!"
"It must not be forgotten in fairness to the National Government that apartheid is not just a policy of oppression but an attempt - in my opinion an attempt doomed to failure - to find an alternative to a policy of racial integration which is fair to both white and black."
"It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction."
"Sense isn't democratic. A senseless opinion that's advocated by 'the majority' is still senseless."
"He thought about it for a minute. The kitty was only around seven thousand give or take a gold tooth and some coinage " minus the ship " which must've been worth well, a lot more than seven thousand, even in scrap metal. An alarm was going off somewhere, faintly."
"Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another."
"Men are like the earth and we are the moon; we turn always one side to them, and they think there is no other, because they don't see it - but there is."
"We believe that the world, too, can destroy apartheid, firstly by striking at the economy of South Africa."
"Christ asked people who follow him to be the voice for the voiceless - not to wire their mouths shut."
"The human population would probably be way less than a thousand, if ejaculation were not usually accompanied by an orgasm."
"While having one's assertions challenged might be bad for an unintelligent man's ego, it sure is good for his intellect."
"I realized I made a big mistake and if I could have it over again, I would do it so much differently."
"Most people do not really want others to have freedom of speech, they just want others to be given the freedom to say want they want to hear."
"Some of today's slaves sleep on king size beds."
"In a materialistic society, man is likely to value the opinion of a rich man over that of a poor one; even when coming to opinions that have absolutely nothing to do with moneymaking."
"In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin."
"On the first day of school, my teacher, Miss Mdingane, gave each of us an English name and said that from thenceforth that was the name we would answer to in school. This was the custom among Africans in those days and was undoubtedly due to the British bias of our education."
"I don't believe medical discoveries are doing much to advance human life. As fast as we create ways to extend it we are inventing ways to shorten it."
"Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think."
"I think in life we want to challenge ourselves."
"There is a universal respect and even admiration for those who are humble and simple by nature, and who have absolute confidence in all human beings irrespective of their social status."
"Dream chasers are full of strength, are full of desire, are passionate and they cling unto their dreams until they produce life."
"To be enslaved then, you needed to be ignorant. To be enslaved today, you need to be knowledgeable."
"I am a human, I have a voice and I'm not shy to raise it for honesty and truth against mistreatment and lies. I'd rather die than go silent because I know my silence will never protect me from malice and my pretence will never give me peace and joy. Love me or hate me because I stand for truth no matter what and the truth will set me free."
"It's good fun, yes, but when we play, we take it seriously and want to do well."
"If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there is a temptation to project upon them feelings and thoughts that may belong only to our own human mind and heart."
"But some boys like boys more -And some girls make other girls hearts soar!"
"The famous split windowSplits had the KDF dash until 1953, which had two glove compartments. Note rear "w bonnet and small round taillights. There were no indicators like today's cars " just pop-up indicators that work with an electric servo, called 'trafficators' or 'semaphores'. 6v electrics. Small, flat front windscreen."
"Reality shows that, contrary to other countries in southern Africa, we have no basis for a classical guerilla struggle. We have never had a hinterland, and we do not expect to."
"Each day becomes as a learning environment that provides an unexpected teachings:. Everything you see is an opportunity to learn.. Every word you hear is an opportunity to learn.. Good or bad decisions you make each day are the opportunity to learn. Every experience you come across becomes a lesson of the day. Every failure you encounter can be your teacher."
"Voting for a political party with a cross stuck on it doesn't mean it reflects true Christianity (at least not how Christ intended it) nor does 'biblical governance' guarantee Christian governance."
"Prayer should not be a structured and complicated conversation. It should be a simply and spontaneous conversation between heavenly Father and His sons and daughters."
"I have retired, but if there's anything that would kill me it is to wake up in the morning not knowing what to do."
"It should be made clear that religious freedom DOES NOT include the right to persecute others, nor the right to take away their humanity and equal treatment before the law."
"Where globalization means, as it so often does, that the rich and powerful now have new means to further enrich and empower themselves at the cost of the poorer and weaker, we have a responsibility to protest in the name of universal freedom."
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