"My plays have been translated into all of the official languages of South Africa except Afrikaans."

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Zakes Mda

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“Because interrogations are intended to coerce confessions, interrogators feel themselves justified in using their coercive means. Consistency regarding the technique is not important; inducing anxiety and fear is the point.”
“The interests of the Soviet Union are in controlling highly developed countries and having the benefit of their economies so that they can run their own inefficient empire.”
“Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.”
“Did you feel guilty cursing God--you, of all people?' No,' he said. 'Because even in doing so, I was recognizing there was a greater power than me.' He paused. And that is how I began to heal.”
“If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord.”
“A frivolous society can acquire dramatic significance only through what its frivolity destroys.”
“Where combination is possible, competition is impossible.”
“I've been trying for some time to develop a lifestyle that doesn't require my presence.”

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