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I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of rights. Desmond Tutu
Rights Compassion Master Sympathy Considers Table Someone Menu Thrown Picking Crumbs Himself Am Up Want Not Interested Interested Full Who
It's never nice to lose someone close to you; unfortunately, life goes on, and we have to make peace with it and move on. Francois Hougaard
Life You Peace Lose Move On Nice Life Goes On Someone Never Make Close Goes Move Unfortunately
I detest racialism, because I regard it as a barbaric thing, whether it comes from a black man or a white man. Nelson Mandela
Man Black White Detest Because Regard Whether Barbaric Thing
If something's important enough, you should try. Even if you - the probable outcome is failure. Elon Musk
Failure You Try Important Enough Outcome Something Probable Should Even
It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket. Elon Musk
You Business Long Control OK Eggs Happens Your Basket
If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. Nelson Mandela
World Country States Atrocities Unspeakable America Committed United United States United States Of America
You can't judge an album by a single song; it's like judging a book by only reading a single chapter. Trevor Rabin
You Book Chapter Song Judge Single Reading Only Like Judging Album
The only real things in life is the unexpected things. Everything else is just an illusion. Watkin Tudor Jones
Life Illusion Else Everything Everything Else Only Real Unexpected Just Things
We're running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere... can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe. Elon Musk
Environmental History Dangerous Before Experiment Running See Atmosphere Catastrophe Most How How Much Handle Which Much Now Carbon Carbon Dioxide Right
There have to be reasons that you get up in the morning and you want to live. Why do you want to live? What's the point? What inspires you? What do you love about the future? If the future does not include being out there among the stars and being a multi-planet species, I find that incredibly depressing. Elon Musk
Love Future Morning You Live Stars Incredibly Out Find About Point Inspires Does Up Get Being Want Depressing Reasons Include Species Why Among
People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else. Elon Musk
People Will Else Pretty About Pretty Much Anything Pursue Make Passionate Than Anything Anything Else Happier Them Much Should
I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die. Nelson Mandela
Hope Needs Together Opportunities Achieve Free Free Society Live Society Harmony Ideal Equal Democratic Am Cherished Die Which Persons Prepared
In my country of South Africa, we struggled for years against the evil system of apartheid that divided human beings, children of the same God, by racial classification and then denied many of them fundamental human rights. Desmond Tutu
God Rights Evil Country South Africa Human Rights System Classification Struggled Divided Years Denied South Same Human Africa Children Human Beings Against Apartheid Them Racial Then Many Beings Fundamental
Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice. Desmond Tutu
Freedom Justice Our Way Never Shared Exclusion Paths Forward
When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, 'Nah, what's wrong with a horse?' That was a huge bet he made, and it worked. Elon Musk
Business People Car Made Reliable Bet Horse Cheap He Wrong Ford Said Huge Worked Henry Henry Ford
I think it matters whether someone has a good heart. Elon Musk
Good Relationship Heart Good Heart Matters Think Someone Whether
Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment. Elon Musk
Brainy Collective Sense Strive Only Greater Makes The Only Thing Really Thing Enlightenment
People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working. Elon Musk
Work Morning People Better Important Enjoy Know Look Coming Goal Working Forward Why
I should tie myself to no particular system of society other than of socialism. Nelson Mandela
Myself Socialism Society Other System Particular Tie Than Should
Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did. Nelson Mandela
Me Natural Training Competition Discipline Valuable Everything Diligence Aptitude Intrinsic Running Ability More Could Counted Than Did Lack Taught Lessons Compensate Applied
A people without a positive history is like a vehicle without an engine. Steven Biko
Positive History People Vehicle Like Without Engine
You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway. Steven Biko
You Care Alive Dead Proud Anyway Either
When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive. Alan Paton
Forgiveness Recover Never Until Forgive Done Us Deep Injury
Nothing is black or white, nothing's 'us or them.' But then there are magical, beautiful things in the world. There's incredible acts of kindness and bravery, and in the most unlikely places, and it gives you hope. Dave Matthews
Beautiful Hope Kindness You World Black Nothing White Incredible Unlikely Black Or White Magical Gives Most Beautiful Things Bravery Places Them Then Us Acts Things
Any product that needs a manual to work is broken. Elon Musk
Work Needs Broken Design Any Product Manual
I read that when cats are cuddling and kneading you, and you think it's cute, they're really just checking your vitals for weak spots. Kandyse McClure
You Cats Cute Think Weak Checking Read Spots Just Really Your
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