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That way madness lies.
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What accomplishment matters most to you?Originally asked
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When I started out, people thought I was going to be a flash in the pan, but I’m still working.
Andy Serkis
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Being the father of three children.
Desmond Tutu
Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town; chair of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Nobel Peace Prize, 1984
One moment, Nelson Mandela is in jail, and the next moment, he is walking, a free man. One moment, we are shackled as the oppressed of apartheid; the next, we are voting for the very first time. I was 63 when I voted for the first time in my life in the country of my birth. Nelson Mandela was 76 years of age. But it happened, it happened. It happened partly because the international community supported us. People prayed for us. People demonstrated on our behalf, especially young people. Students at universities and college campuses used to sit out in the baking sunshine to force their institutions to divest and the miracle happened. We became free because we were helped and we want to say a big “thank you” to the world. And, you can become free nonviolently.
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Anybody who met me before I was 30, because I was a drug addict, and all my relationships were experienced through that prism.
That we waited so long to have children, we only have two.
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