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Frances Newton Criminal
Courageous

“I've prayed that I wouldn't become bitter, that I wouldn't remain angry, that I would just give all of it to God and let Him handle it. There have been moments where I felt myself going that way, and I have people around me who will help me.”

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Frances Wright Abolitionist, Social Reformer
Regretful

“There is a vulgar persuasion, that the ignorance of women, by favoring their subordination, ensures their utility. 'Tis the same argument employed by the ruling few against the subject many in aristocracies; by the rich against the poor in democracies; by the learned professions against the people in all countries.”

FP Creative

“The same way that some people can play the piano, I can do plots! They just come!”

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FP Love

“I love 'Sweet Valley,' but I love it from a different angle. There are people for whom it is their adolescence. They own it, in a way that even I don't. I've come to respect the project more because of the response than I've had. It's more important than I realized it was. I didn't understand the breadth and depth of it. now I'm beginning to more.”

Francis Bacon Philosopher, Statesman
Wise

“Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain than the virtuous.”

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Francis Bacon Philosopher, Statesman
Creative

“Images also help me find and realise ideas. I look at hundreds of very different, contrasting images and I pinch details from them, rather like people who eat from other people`s plates.”

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Francis Bacon Philosopher, Statesman
Spiritual

“If my people look as if they're in a dreadful fix, it's because I can't get them out of a technical dilemma.”

Francis Bacon Philosopher, Statesman
Philosophical

“I feel that I am much freer if I'm on my own, but I'm sure that there are a lot of painters who would perhaps be even more inventive if they had people round them... I find that if I am on my own I can allow the paint to dictate to me. So the images that I'm putting down on the canvas dictate the thing to me and it gradually builds up and comes along.”

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Francis Bacon Philosopher, Statesman
Philosophical

“The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.”

Nelson Mandela Political Leader
Creative

“It is our duty to give support to the brother leader ... especially in regards to the sanctions which are not hitting just him, they are hitting the ordinary masses of the people ... our African brothers and sisters.”

Nelson Mandela Political Leader
Courageous

“Millions of people in the world's poorest countries remain enslaved by the chains of poverty. It is time to set them free.”

Nelson Mandela Political Leader
Courageous

“I cannot and will not give any undertaking at a time when I, and you, the people, are not free. Your freedom and mine cannot be separated.”

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Nelson Mandela Political Leader
Inspired

“HIV/AIDS is the greatest danger we have faced for many, many centuries. HIV/AIDS is worse than a war. It is like a world war. Millions of people are dying from it.”

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Nelson Mandela Political Leader
Hopeful

“We succeeded to take our last steps to freedom in conditions of relative peace. We commit ourselves to the construction of a complete, just and lasting peace. We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people.”

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Nelson Mandela Political Leader
Love

“There are many people who have worked just because they love the community in which they are in, without expecting any financial consideration.”

Nelson Mandela Political Leader
Grateful

“Now we are in the second term of the government of a united nation and the government has done very well. One thing they have done, one thing people could not be blind to, was the achievement this government has made in giving human beings dignity, which they did not enjoy before. They now have dignity.”

Nelson Mandela Political Leader
Wise

“Let us not be tempted by those who try to find the unique qualities in a particular group. In this case, among South Africa indigenous people, it reflected what has been evidenced throughout the world.”

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Nelson Mandela Political Leader
Angry

“What freedom am I being offered while the organization of the people remains banned? Only free men can negotiate. A prisoner cannot enter into contracts.”