If I were to give advice to young people, high-achieving young people for example, I'd have to say, don't neglect your family. Politics is important, sitting at the head table is glamorous. Traveling around the world, trying to do something for world peace was wonderful. But family and friends and faith are what really matter in life. And I know that. I see it so clearly now.
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Academy of Achievement interview, Williamsburg, Virginia, 2 June 1995
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Albie Sachs
Anti-apartheid lawyer; Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
So when I leave the court, I'm going to have more than enough to do, just to carry on, maybe telling something of our journey to people who didn't go through that. And also reflecting on our successes on the court, which have been enormous, but also accepting the criticisms of our failures.
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Academy of Achievement interview, 28 June 2009
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But then the amazing thing is to look back. It looks like it all was a straight line. You can see the straight line of light and that makes us who we are.
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Zeph, On Being with Krista Tippett, audience question, 1 October 2020
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