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With people of only moderate ability modesty is mere honesty; but with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy

With people Moderate ability Mere honesty Great talent
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The present is the only reality and the only certainty

The present Only reality Only certainty
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Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Politeness Human nature Warmth To wax
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Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.

Great minds Brief span Time Great buildings
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Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

Great men Like eagles Build Their nest
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No one can transcend their own individuality

No one Can transcend Own individuality
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Morality is the weakness of the mind.

Morality The weakness The mind
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Learn from your mistakes. Take responsibility and forgive yourself

Learn Mistakes Responsibility Forgive
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We think mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of the time we put in at work, instead of the quality of the time we put in.

We Think Success Result
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We all have within us the ability to move from struggle to grace.

We Within Ability Move
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We have little power to choose what happens, but we have complete power over how we respond.

Little Power Choose Happens
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The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.

Principal mark Genius Not perfection Originality
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Creativity is the defeat of habit by originality.

Creativity The defeat Habit By originality
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The principle that the end justifies the means is and remains the only rule of political ethics; anything else is just a vague chatter and melts away between one’s fingers.

The principle End justifies The means Only rule
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My opinions are aggressive, I admit that. But not my personality. I'm sociable.

Opinions Aggressive Admit Personality
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The fact is: I no longer believe in my own infallibility. That is why I am lost.

No longer Believe Own infallibility
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If you want to turn a vision into reality, you have to give 100% and never stop believing in your dream.

You Want Vision Reality
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You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.

Learn Equality History Civics
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Politics of the stomach must not be the norm. The norm must be ACTION for the people of South Africa.

Politics Stomach The norm Be action
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South Africa cannot host and accept criminality. Allowing criminality to be part of our system will destroy the foundation of the respect of the Rule of Law

Cannot host Accept criminality Our system Destroy
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If you stand for the Rule of Law, like I do, you stand against all such acts of criminality.

You stand The rule Law Such act
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South Africa is crying for political leadership, otherwise our Youth have no future country to inherit.

Crying Political leadership Our youth No future
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It is not a good idea for professional economists to unwittingly involve themselves in things they know nothing about: policy and politics.

Good idea Professional economists Involve themselves Policy
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Every fairy tale offers the potential to surpass present limits, so in a sense the fairy tale offers you freedoms that reality denies.

Fairy tale The potential Present limits Fairy tale
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There is little consolation in the fact that millions of people are unhappier than we are. Why should other people's misery make us happier or more content?

Little consolation Millions People Unhappier
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Those who judge must take all aspects of an individual's personality into account.

Who judge All aspects Individual's personality Into account
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Every great work of art, I would declare pompously, is a celebration, an act of insubordination against the betrayals, horrors and infidelities of life.

Great work Art Declare pompously A celebration
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The worst crime committed by totalitarian mind-sets is that they force their citizens, including their victims, to become complicit in their crimes.

Worst Crime committed Totalitarian Mind set
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These are people who consciously choose failure in order to preserve their own sense of integrity. They are more elitist than mere snobs, because of their high standards.

Are people Consciously Choose failure To preserve
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It is amazing how, when all possibilities seem to be taken away from you, the minutest opening can become a great freedom.

All possibilities Taken away Minutest opening Great freedom
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And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high.

This limit Something happens Bit further Mind power
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I confront the European elite's self-image as tolerant 'while under their noses women are living like slaves.

I confront Elite's self image Tolerant Noses women
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Muslim leaders should ask themselves what exactly their relationship is to a political movement that encourages young men to kill and maim on religious grounds.

Muslim leaders Ask themselves Their relationship Political movement
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I talk about a Christianity that is enlightened enough to separate spirituality from the rest of life. Not just church and state, but knowledge and church.

Christianity Enlightened enough Separate spirituality Life
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When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.

Hurt People Love Less
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I have always looked for ways to give back because I think it's a responsibility we all share.

Always looked For ways Give back A responsibility
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If we provide quality education to one generation, poverty will automatically be eradicated from society.

Provide Education Generation Poverty
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I would say probably my most alpha quality is my competitive nature. I'm very competitive, and it tends to bring out very much the man in me.

Quality Competitive Nature Man
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We have given up office, but not our responsibility to serve the nation. We have lost an election, but not our determination.

We Office Responsibility Serve
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No one can be considered untouchable on political grounds.

No one Considered Untouchable Political
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It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.

Differences Divide Inability Recognize
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…and that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength

Visibility Makes Vulnerable Source
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You become strong by doing the things you need to be strong for. This is the way genuine learning takes place. That’s a very difficult way to live, but it also has served me. It’s been an asset as well as a liability.

Become Strong Genuine Learning
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In the forefront of our move toward change, there is only poetry to hint at possibility made real.

Forefront Change Poetry Possibility
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A charity in Burkina Faso teaches criminals to sing as part of rehabilitation. Some emerge from prison to rock stardom.

Teaches criminals Sing Rehabilitation Some emerge
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We go into politics for leadership. Politics is not about making enemies, but respecting choices.
Into politics For leadership Making enemies Respecting choices
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marriage has been a major contributing factor in the political exclusion of women in our country.

Marriage A major Contributing factor Political exclusion
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To practice leadership, you must develop the capabilities to solve problems.

Practice leadership Must develop The capabilities Solve problems
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Any person by nature has inherent capabilities.You have to trust your instincts and act with spontaneity.

Any person Inherent capabilities Your instincts Act
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In the armed forces, the chances of success are quite high. That's due to the clarity of the military structure - everything is sketched out. In politics, there are many more surprises and detours, and it's a lot more unpredictable.

Armed forces The chance Success Quite high
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