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In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.


Nelson Mandela

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MIRA BARTOK Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
TACITUS Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.
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CHARLES CALEB COLTON I couldn't possibly have sex with someone with such a slender grasp on grammar!
RUSSELL BRAND There are lots of people who can't think seriously without injuring their brains
JOHN JAY CHAPMAN Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X came out of prison stronger.
PHILIP EMEAGWALI Their brains are like overripe tomatoes.
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DR. KATHI KEMPER My people are suffering and their leaders continue to profit.
CARLOS GALINDO My people are suffering and their leaders continue to profit.
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OSCAR GOODMAN My brain cells are dying in their trillions.
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PHILIPPA GREGORY many of whom are from the leadership who are wanted in their countries.
AL-QAEDA It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela.
DESMOND TUTU The most successful men are very good at marketing their brains.
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ELON MUSK Most retailers are busy putting out fires all day. They have to spend their time working in their bu...
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ANTHONY GIDDENS They ask that we pray for their families, and for kinder leaders, and for the homeless, and people w...
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JASMINA SIDEROVSKI They are more attuned to thinking about their life in phases rather than completely around work.
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NELSON MANDELA That was one of the things that worried me - to be raised to the position of a semi-god - because th...
NELSON MANDELA There is no such thing as part freedom
NELSON MANDELA The curious beauty of African music is that it uplifts even as it tells a sad tale. You may be poor,...
NELSON MANDELA When I think about the past, the types of things they did, I feel angry, but then again that is my f...
NELSON MANDELA The power of imagination created the illusion that my vision went much farther than the naked eye co...
NELSON MANDELA True reconciliation does not consist in merely forgetting the past.
NELSON MANDELA Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.
NELSON MANDELA Courage is not a lack of fear, but instead is continuing to push forward in spite of it!
NELSON MANDELA I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of bei...
NELSON MANDELA As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my ...
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