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Political and social events must also be effective, but not in a very obvious fashion. But political confusion and prolonged peace undoubtedly affect creative thought but whether they respectively hinder or help it is not at all certain.


John Desmond Bernal

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DESMOND TUTU Sovereignty is back on the agenda.
DESMOND MORTON Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.
DESMOND MORRIS Without forgiveness, there's no future
DESMOND TUTU The minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yesterday, with nobody paying too much ...
DESMOND TUTU It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.
DESMOND TUTU It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela.
DESMOND TUTU There is a reason so many Americans choose to develop their net worth through homeownership: It is a...
MATTHEW DESMOND Some white Milwakeeans still referred to the North side as 'the cire', as they did in the 19...
MATTHEW DESMOND One day, I went to buy something for my dad at the shops, and I heard a song by Nat King Cole called...
DESMOND DEKKER Musicians get tense at big gigs. Some you can't talk to before the concert; some you can't t...
RICHARD DESMOND It may be a procession of faithful failures that enriches the soil of godly success. Faithful action...
DESMOND TUTU We learn from history that we don't learn from history!
DESMOND TUTU Don't raise your voice, improve your argument."

[Address at the Nelson Mandela Foundat...
DESMOND TUTU Arleen’s children did not always have a home. They did not always have food. Arleen was not always...
MATTHEW DESMOND Biologically speaking, if something bites you it's more likely to be female.
DESMOND MORRIS We are definitely looking at it, like we participated in the earlier bond sale by Indonesia. There i...
DESMOND SOON There are 193 species of monkeys and apes, 192 of them are covered with hair. The exception is a nak...
DESMOND MORRIS This unusual and highly successful species spends a great deal of time examining his higher motives ...
DESMOND MORRIS Life is like a very short visit to a toyshop between birth and death
DESMOND MORRIS Life will be the death of us.
EMILY DESMOND In God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies.
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