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Nelson Mandela Quotes

The education I received was a British education, in which British ideas, British culture, British institutions, were automatically assumed to be superior. There was no such thing as African culture.

Nelson Mandela

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: statesman
Nationality: south african
Birth: July 18, 1918 - December 5, 2013

Topics

Education Culture Ideas British Were

The POW camps of North Vietnam were packed with Air Force and Naval Academy graduates. The six midshipmen in my Naval Academy class of 1968 who served as liaisons between the Marine Corps and the Brigade of Midshipmen later suffered nine Purple Hearts in Vietnam, and one man killed in action.

Jim Webb

Man Action Purple Air Force Class

Any of us can be happy and have a good attitude when everything is going our way. But I believe it's the real test of your character and of your faith to say, 'Things are not going our way, but I'm still being good to people; I'm still attending church; I still have a good attitude.'

Joel Osteen

Good Attitude Character Faith Happy

I really believe that every character comes from the well of the artist.

Melora Hardin

Character Believe Artist Well Every

My style is pretty clean, classic, and elegant, with some elements to make it a little funkier. If you see me on a normal day, I'm usually in a T-shirt and jeans, maybe with some cool sneakers, but I'm pretty basic.

John Legend

Style Day Me Cool You Sneakers

It's not that I can't collaborate. It's just that I don't know how to say no to people. If someone's like, 'Let's write a song together,' it's like, 'You'll write the song, and I'm gonna okay everything.' It's very hard to think that their ideas work with what I'm trying to do.

Soccer Mommy

Work Together People Ideas Song You

I assure you that the training that you get in a midget, in a sprint car and perhaps in a Silver Crown car is really the kind of experience that makes you into a damn good race driver.

Rodger Ward

Good Car Experience Training Crown

I'm a firm believer in smiles. I used to believe that everything had to be a belly laugh. But I've come to realize that a real sincere smile is mighty powerful.

Roy Clark

Smile Believe Laugh Powerful Smiles

People feel really uncomfortable when there's silence.

Jason Jones

Silence People Feel Uncomfortable

Not too many people know what a pentathlon is or what's involved, which is why visiting schools is good because they can learn about it at a young age and hopefully try it out.

Chloe Esposito

Good Age People Learn Know Young

It's our human nature to explore. Tens of thousands of years ago, our species walked out of Africa, traveling far and wide across the entire planet, from the Arctic to the tip of Tierra Del Fuego, making us the most geographically diversified species on Earth.

Conrad Anker

Nature Human Nature Earth Africa Out

I've always said that when I retire, I'll decide in the training room and not after a fight.

Chuck Liddell

Training Fight Said Room Retire

I think it is harder to scare young people because there is an ironic hipster stance that you have to take in relation to pop culture. You know you're being manipulated. People are so aware of the manipulation. We're all aware that movies toy with us and pull our strings. There was a time when people just didn't acknowledge that as much.

Brad Anderson

Time Culture People Think You Young