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Quotes by South-african Authors
"People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite... Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished."
"I guess there are very few actors that I've worked with that I would like to work with again. You never think you'll have that chance and, if we didn't do Italian Job together, there wouldn't be another one that could be right."
"The whole of that part of Southern Africa which is controlled by racial minorities is experiencing either consistent and regular guerilla activity or is faced with advanced preparation for its commencement."
"Right now I may not have it all, but I know my future is bright because as long as I live there is hope for my situation."
"The reason that man is seldom satisfied with his salary is that when it increases, he increases his expenses."
"When you love someone, you end up caring about each and every person they love. When you hate someone, you end up caring about every single person who hates them."
"In Hanover Park they highlighted the terrible plight of backyard dwellers and the fact that year after year nothing has been done to help you: the hope and despair you all live with every day."
"Air freshener is man's pitiful attempt to have his food smell as good, after digestion, as they did, before ingestion."
"Sustainability is best illustrated by those who sell food - just so they afford something to eat."
"In order to be cruel we have to close our hearts to the suffering of the other."
"For our white members, voting is something they have done for hundreds of years. But for us, it is not such a traumatic thing, because we have never participated in an election."
"It was hard to be away from home, but I am glad that I am home now."
"I find its attention to living this life rather than the next one exhilarating because I think even independently of Judaism that that's the right way to go about life."
"One of the things I try to be very careful of is not taking a movie when I know I have no inspiration left."
"It's very worrying at this time in the world that any point of view should be prohibited, that's banned, there are heretics that should be burned at the stake."
"We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans."
"Illiterate people should only be charged for the photographs, when buying a newspaper."
"The candidates before you know that the IFP has set up a system of deployed IFP national and provincial leaders who are not only monitoring the performance of candidates during these elections but will also do so after these elections."
"Most women have low standards. All they strive for is a highly paid man."
"Twitter gives people an illusionary sense of leadership."
"Courageous people do not fear forgiving, for the sake of peace."
"You can never get to a place of comfort in this business. As soon as you hit that little cushy spot, somebody's gonna kick you out. So I have a constant need to do it better."
"Looking back... it's hard to understand what all the fuss was about as things changed in just a few years. When you look at all the things that have happened in the world, it seems very small."
"I try not to change my political point of view from paper to paper."
"I don't mind snakes. Growing up in South Africa there were a couple a snakes around... and I'm not talking just about the government!"
"If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. But when we have elections, they want observers."
"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered."
"I get a sense that we've all been educated into one school of thought. I'm not surprised at all to find among the overwhelming majority of scientists, are people who would hold one particular view because that's all they're exposed to."
"I am hopeful about any future for whites in this country, but not entirely optimistic."
"We would not be ashamed of doing some of the things we do in private, if the number of sane human beings who do them in public were large enough."
"I have very talented people dress me and put my makeup on, stuff like that. But I do love that look, and I think it's maybe because I grew up on that old glamour."
"Advanced weaponry, victories in battle and space travel do not an advanced species or civilization make."
"One positive idea can solve the situation you in, can make a massive difference and change your life forever."
"Being a single mother should not stop you from helping your children to reach their full potential."
"You cannot be truly humble, unless you truly believe that life can and will go on without you."
"We cannot keep on blaming the past leaders about the present circumstances. We need to be mindful that if we do nothing to improve the present circumstances, our children will also blame us in the future."
"Sumone Yiden Smiff was a businessman of note. Was, past tense. Through years of sweat and swearing and amazingly smart (or lucky) deals he'd built up a mining empire that spanned the sum of known space. At 74 years, he had reached the apex of a career stretching half a century. His companies mined precious commodities like Impervium, Obstinatium and Bitanium. He wasn't really famous, or ostentatious. In fact he only ever made the cover of Fortune One Billion once, twenty-five years ago. He'd never married, had lots of children " light-years apart, apparently."
"I will be doing a film called Whispers, for Disney. It's about elephants, and doesn't have any people in it. It will be a live action film - I don't know how much I can say about it, since I still don't know too much about it."
"Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies."
"Thou shalt not tweet to be retweeted."
"I loved it in the unconditional way that children love their first home."
"Joe! he groaned, attempting to speak clearly. "Joe! Good ol' Joe!"Captain, you're drunk! Lofflin said, stating the obvious while trying to keep his voice level. Blaine grinned at him lopsidedly and giggled, almost choking. He slapped the table, knocking his empty glass over."Ye-ss, I am! Don't ssup-pose you " think I co-uld ssit here an' calmly wait t'die " dA1?2ou? Weee-ll, not ssob-er anyway. Ha ha ha.Disgust and hopelessness were swelling inside him. He felt like punching that drunken face till it was either sober or unconscious."Damn it, Captain! We need you " the crew needs you! You're turning your back on them " in our most desperate time!"
"Primary purposes of a mirror: (1) To help civilized men realize their imperfections, and, (2) To help the imperfect hide their imperfections."
"One tries to be an observer as an actor and indeed as a director because the small things, the give-away things are what are really interesting to a performer."
"The goal, I submit, is obvious: subjugating the world (which is barbarian, dangerous, envious and ungrateful) to US power for the sake of America's interests."
"Freedom of speech is unnecessary if the people to whom it is granted do not think for themselves."
"South Africa is blessed to have women and men like yourselves who have little to give but give what you have with open hands and open hearts."
"I envision someday a great, peaceful South Africa in which the world will take pride, a nation in which each of many different groups will be making its own creative contribution."
"When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat."
"AIDS is the biggest challenge, the major disaster facing this country and we would have wished for something more specific and far-reaching."
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