"A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed."

-- Nelson Mandela

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“Think... of the world you carry within you.”
“History is on every occasion the record of that which one age finds worthy of note in another.”

Source : Jacob Burckhardt (1964). “Force and Freedom: Reflections on History”, New York : Pantheon Books
“I graduated from school for graphic design, and I started to get into acting class just to get over severe fright. I was an extremely shy person. I could barely say hello to anybody.”
“These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel.”
“Many of the tribal peoples of the world recognize that there are four places in nature where you can find deep peace and remember who you really are. One is in the deep woods; one is in the desert; one in the mountains and one near the ocean”
“Film is different for me now. If the money is good and it's not totally revolting, I'll do it”
“Man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, and next to escape the censures of the world. If the last interfere with the first it should be entirely neglected. But if not, there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind than to see its own approbation seconded by the applause of the public.”
“And of course in America you've got American football and baseball and all those other ball games, soccer has become a little niche that the women have kind of filled.”

Source : Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. August 7, 2003.

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