Nelson Mandela Quotes

People respond in accordance to how you relate to them. If you approach them on the basis of violence, that's how they'll react. But if you say, 'We want peace, we want stability,' we can then do a lot of things that will contribute towards the progress of our society.

Nelson Mandela

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I think the idea that death is not the end, that your dog's just gone to live on the farm, is limiting. Thoughts like that prevent you from making the most of the time that you have.

Jimmy Carr

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My father was just a hell of a guy. He had a real strong sense of honor, and he tried to pass that on to me. I like to think that I embrace that.

Joe R. Lansdale

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Without a band, I'm much more free to improvise.

Jewel

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I think role models exist, but they usually don't get the light because people like scandal.

Andie MacDowell

LightPeopleThinkExistGetRole

If a film is being made by an intelligent director, they're going to cast the right guy.

Tom Sturridge

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Sculpture is like farming. If you just keep at it, you can get quite a lot done.

Ruth Asawa

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Observation and thinking are the two points of departure for all the spiritual striving of man, insofar as he is conscious of such striving. The workings of common sense, as well as the most complicated scientific researches, rest on these two fundamental pillars of our spirit.

Rudolf Steiner

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The defence and air defence ministers were both replaced and more than 2,000 officers lost their jobs.

Mathias Rust

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There is nothing you can see that is not a Bashoflower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.

Matsuo Basho

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I was always telling myself I could handle a more complex role, I could handle something bigger and more interesting than the work I was doing. But I wasn't demanding that of myself. At a certain point, I realized it was never going to come my way unless I started taking more control of it. That's what I realized I had to do.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

WorkMyselfControlInterestingWay

The public do get behind me, and I love the crowd. When I'm ever in London, they give me massive support - the Anniversary Games, the cheers; they are always nice to me.

Mo Farah

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Startups are now creating specialized 3-D printers capable of producing everything from synthetic hamburgers to multi-story apartment buildings.

Jay Samit

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