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With artificial intelligence, we are summoning the demon. You know all those stories where there's the guy with the pentagram and the holy water, and he's like, yeah, he's sure he can control the demon? Doesn't work out. Elon Musk

I think we have a duty to maintain the light of consciousness to make sure it continues into the future. Elon Musk

Future Light Duty Think Maintain Make Sure Consciousness

It's not difficult in South Africa for the ordinary person to see the link between capitalism and racist exploitation, and when one sees the link one immediately thinks in terms of a socialist alternative. Joe Slovo

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Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake. Nelson Mandela

Mistake Politicians Unlike Some Admit

We are concerned with that curious bunch of nonconformists who explain their participation in negative terms: that bunch of do-gooders that goes under all sorts of names - liberals, leftists, etc. These are the people who argue that they are not responsible for white racism and the country's 'inhumanity to the black man.' Steven Biko

We get angry about the small things sometimes, I feel, so that we feel like we're doing something, so that we don't have to tackle the big things. And it's fine; let people do that. But I'm not gonna now change because of that. You know? Like, the worst thing that happens to me is you don't like me. And then what? Trevor Noah

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God forgives us... who am I not to forgive? Alan Paton

God Am Forgive Forgives Us Who Who Am I

What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another? Alan Paton

Man Broke Could He Himself Another Bring

All of my life had been spent in the shadow of apartheid. And when South Africa went through its extraordinary change in 1994, it was like having spent a lifetime in a boxing ring with an opponent and suddenly finding yourself in that boxing ring with nobody else and realising you've to take the gloves off and get out, and reinvent yourself. Athol Fugard

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I'd like to one day be featured on a list of inspirational people who have made a difference in the world, whether it be helping underprivileged people or putting an end to the poaching of wildlife in Africa. Candice Swanepoel

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I am human, and, yeah, I have very bad days. Charlize Theron

Bad Bad Days Days Am Yeah Very Human

How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns? Desmond Tutu

You Would Horns Could French How Were Orchestra Soccer Team

And every human being is precious. Desmond Tutu

Human Being Every Precious Human Being

Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity. Desmond Tutu

You Humanity Be Nice Nice Rediscover Whites Need

The path to the CEO's office should not be through the CFO's office, and it should not be through the marketing department. It needs to be through engineering and design. Elon Musk

Needs Path Engineering Design Marketing Through Office Department CEO Should

I usually describe myself as an engineer; that's basically what I've been doing since I was a kid. Elon Musk

Myself Engineer Kid Since Doing Been Describe Basically

If anyone thinks they'd rather be in a different part of history, they're probably not a very good student of history. Life sucked in the old days. People knew very little, and you were likely to die at a young age of some horrible disease. You'd probably have no teeth by now. It would be particularly awful if you were a woman. Elon Musk

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I think there are more politicians in favor of electric cars than against. There are still some that are against, and I think the reasoning for that varies depending on the person, but in some cases, they just don't believe in climate change - they think oil will last forever. Elon Musk

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I've always stood on one fact - that all over the world, there are only two things, the Establishment and the poor people. The poor people are a massive majority and across the world they are exploited in different kinds of ways. The Establishment depends on exploiting raw materials and the poor. Hugh Masekela

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Not listening is the reason for so many misunderstandings and conflicts. Johnny Flynn

Listening Misunderstandings Conflicts Reason Many

We have our own history, our own language, our own culture. But our destiny is also tied up with the destinies of other people - history has made us all South Africans. Mangosuthu Buthelezi

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