"I'm really lucky, because I've been able to go places and meet people you can only dream of."
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"... the happiness of a people is the only rational object of government, and the only object for which a people, free to choose, can have a government at all."
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"It is not a question of patronizing philanthropy towards disabled people. They do not need the patronage of the non-disabled. It is not for them to adapt to the dominant and dominating world of the so-called non-disabled. It is for us to adapt our understanding of a common humanity; to learn of the richness of how human life is diverse; to recognize the presence of disability in our human midst as an enrichment of our diversity."
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"We have triumphed in the effort to implant hope in the breasts of the millions of our people. We enter into a covenant that we shall build the society in which all South Africans, both black and white, will be able to walk tall, without any fear in their hearts, assured of their inalienable right to human dignity — a rainbow nation at peace with itself and the world."
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"There are many people in South Africa who are rich and who can share those riches with those not so fortunate who have not been able to conquer poverty."
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"During the years I lived here, the people of Alexandra ignored tribal and ethnic distinctions. Instead of being Xhosas, or Sothos, or Zulus, or Shangaans, we were Alexandrans. We were one people, and we undermined the distinctions that the apartheid government tried so hard to impose. It saddens and angers me to see the rising hatred of foreigners."
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"If you sit down and talk to a person, it's easy to convince him that apartheid can never save a country and will lead to the slaughtering of innocent people - including his own people."
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"A brand is a storehouse of trust that matters more and more as choices multiply. People want to simplify their lives."
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"People find pressure in different ways. I find it in keeping my mind clear. In not turning away from people or the things that happen to them. In accepting and welcoming everything I see. In treating each thing as it deserves."
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"The safety of the people shall be the highest law."
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"The good of the people is the greatest law."
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"I don't need anybody to market or promote me. If people don't want to hear this music, then it's not for them. You cannot please everybody."
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"You shouldn't call then anything. They're poor unfortunate people who cannot help the way they look."
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"I love truthful songs that tell a story and talk about people and their lives. If a song calls for a tear, then we will cry. If a song calls for a smile, then we will laugh. That is what I like to do."
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"People feel the worst film I made was 'Jack.' But to this day, when I get checks from old movies I've made, 'Jack' is one of the biggest ones. No one knows that. If people hate the movie, they hate the movie. I just wanted to work with Robin Williams."
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"You know, when I have a bad game, it continues to humble me and know that, you know, you still have work to do and you still have a lot of people to impress."
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"My goal is to assist people in the process of rapidly achieving their goals so they are able to live the life of their dreams. My hope is that they will eventually pay-it-forward and help those that they care about the most do the same"
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"People want to be bowled over by something special. Nine times out of ten you might strike out, but that tenth time, that peak experience, is what people want. That's what can move the world. That's art."
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"I've always done whatever I felt like doing in life. People may try to stop me, and convince me I'm wrong, but I won't change."
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"Virtual reality is a denial of reality. We need to be open to the powers of imagination, which brings something useful to reality. Virtual reality can imprison people."
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